Looking for relatives of George Walk (my grandfather)

[gmwalk]

His birth certificate (translated by a friend) says:

"With this document I confirm, that George Walk, son of Vera, has been born on Hiiu island, region of Korgasare, in the Hermuste village on December 6, 1895
He was baptized according to law on December 16, 1895
All dates are recalculated according to the new calendar.

Hiiu - Korgasare June 10, 1923
Signature of the priest of this congregation"

I have US draft card from WW II that lists his birthday as 22 November 1895. Not sure about the discrepancy. Anyway, I am trying to locate family members to create a family tree.

Thanks,
George Walk

[Katsa]

Hi,

The register of births, marriages and deaths of Kõrgesaare orthodox parish for 1895 is not digitized yet, but you can order a copy of the record you are interested in. There is the link to the archival document in archive database HERE

In the List of confessors Vera with her illegitimate son Georg is here: Saaga EAA.1892.1.28:12?215,1557,837,112,0 - she was 19 years old in 1896 (the ages are approximate), her child is 11 month old. Vera has four sibling - Anna, Jakob, Peeter, Kristina. Her father is Mihkel Jaak's son Valk (Walk), her mother Leena Andrus' daughter. There are other persons with surname Valk listed there, but the relationship is unclear.

Best regards
Katrin

[gmwalk]

That is great! Thank you so much.

George

[Patrick Rang]

The family prior their conversion to greek orthodox religion can be found here: http://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.3170.1.195:451" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The child Wio / Viiu (14 Jun 1877) is your grandfather Georg's mother. The whole family converted in 1885, with the exception of Wio's grandparents Jaak and Ann, who died as lutherans.

The family can be also found
http://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.3170.1.194:402" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.3170.1.193:80" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=EAA.3170.1.191:46" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Viiu Valk married 13 Nov 1905 Jakob Laid (10 Apr 1874 - 29 Mar 1934) and had 9 children.

If you are interested in more detailed information or have additional questions, let me know.

Best regards,

Patrick

PS - we are even remotely related, although our common ancestors were born as far back as the end of 1600s / beginning of 1700s