GENEALOGY FUN STUFF
Santa Claus did exist! And he registered for the draft during WWII.
He must have been living in his summer home, in Saline, Mo, of all places.
The following record was featured in a daily email by Michael John Neill and posted to his Genealogy Tip of the Day blog.
It was found at Ancestry's U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database (Subscription probably required for access).
Actually, his surname may have been Clause, but his parents must have had a sense of humor (possibly weird?) when they named their little elf.
Other records at Ancestry document that this Santa (1888-1957) was a lifelong resident of Saline County, Missouri, the son of William (1856-1917) and Henrietta S. Clause (1861-1915), that he was married to a gal named Minnie Mabel Hill (1894-1944) in 1912 and had a large brood of children beginning with William Owen (1915-1994) just a few years later.
This Santa died in 1957, which begs the question, just who is it that has been appearing on NORAD radars all these years? ;-) Another genealogy problem for the ages!
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