1. Arlington National Cemetery, Brig. Gen. Bruce Palmer, veteran of WWI, WWII, SAW, b. 27 July 1878, d. 28 July 1958, retired 6-30-42, widow Madeline H. Palmer, “U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms,” Ancestry > P > Pallo, Delia–Palmer, L.O. > image 279. “Bruce Palmer/Brigadier General/United States Army/July 27, 1878–July 28, 1958/Spanish American War, World Wars I & II/His beloved wife/Madeline Harding Palmer/Nov. 18, 1878–Sept. 6, 1958,” digital image, Findagrave, 24843307. Bruce Palmer, age 25 and Rebecca Madeleine Harding, age 24, 21 June 1904, Chicago, “Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871–1920,” database, Ancestry, citing “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920,” index, FamilySearch, citing Illinois Department of Public Health Records, Marriage Records, 1871–present, Division of Vital Records, Springfield. Name, parents and birthdate of Madeline, married Bruce Palmer 2 January 1904, Gladys Redfield McPherson, Ancestry of Addie Clark Harding: Daughter of Abner Clark Harding, Jr., and Maud McCain (Chicago: unknown, 196-?), 92. Born Ft. Wallace, KS, died Walter Reed Hospital, “Gen. Palmer Dies at 80,” Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1 Aug. 1958, 7. Madeline Harding Palmer, daughter George F. Harding, widow Brig. Gen. Bruce Palmer, died Buchanan, Georgia. “Madeline H. Palmer,” Washington Post and Times Herald, 10 September 1958, B2.

2. “Gen. Palmer Dies at 80.” “Gen. Bruce Palmer,” Washington Post and Times Herald, 30 July 1958, B2.

3. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1910 > VT > Chittenden > Colchester > district 78 > image 1, lines 27–30, entry for Bruce Palmer, with d. Marcella, age 3, b. NE. Marcella P. Blanchard’s birth and death dates, interred Arlington Cemetery, “U.S. Veterans’ Gravesites, ca. 1775–2006,” database, Ancestry, citing National Cemetery Administration, Nationwide Gravesite Locator. “Wendell Blanchard/Colonel/United States Army/USMA 1924/1902–1977/his beloved wife/Marcella Palmer Blanchard/1906–1967/his beloved wife/Frances Sherman Blanchard/1906–1994,” inscription on gravestone (digital image), “Marcella Palmer Blanchard,” Findagrave, 19179074. Birth record (s. Wendell Blanchard and Gertrude Bolster, in Pepperell) in “Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840–1915,” database with images, Ancestry, citing “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911,” NEHGS, Boston. Wendell’s birth and death dates in “U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850–2010,” database, Ancestry, citing “Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File,” Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Wedding date in Harding Palmer, notes, author’s copy 15 May 1989.

4. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1910, entry for Bruce Palmer, w. s. Harding Palmer, age two, b. KS. Harding’s birth and death dates in “Florida Death Index, 1877–1998,” database, Ancestry, citing Florida, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998. “Harding Palmer/Capt US Army/World War II/Jul 5 1907 Feb 2 1991/West Point Class of 1929,” inscription on gravestone (digital image), “Harding Palmer,” Findagrave, 110787910. Harding Palmer, b. Fort Leavenworth, KS, s. Bruce Palmer and Madeline Harding, 1st marriage and Janet Müller, 19, b. Crawford, NE, d. Carl H. Muller and Gertrude Jandt, 1st marriage, 25 July 1929, “Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1940,” database with images, Ancestry  > Cherokee > 1909 > 1 > image 3169, citing “Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937,” microfilm, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines.

5. Amy Lucia Ricard, age 25, 3 May 1931, “Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865–1972,” database with images, Ancestry > Yuma > marriage applications, 1931 Feb–Jun > image 1764, citing County Marriage Records, Arizona History and Archives Division, Pheonix. Amy Lucia Palmer’s (f. Rickard) birth date and state, death date and county in “California Death Index, 1940–1997,” Ancestry. “Sarah Waring Palmer,” dates on gravestone (digital image), Findagrave, 110787954. Sarah W. Palmer’s birth and death dates in “U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014,” database, Ancestry, citing Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File.

6. Birth record (d. Bruce and Madeline Harding, b. Austin) in“Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903–1932,” database with images, Ancestry, citing Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932. “California, Death Index, 1940–1997,” Ancestry, entry for Madeline Harding Palmer, b. 31 Oct. 1911 TX, d. Aug. 1988 Merced, mother’s maiden name Harding.

7. Bruce’s (s. Bruce and Madeline (Harding)) birth record in “Texas Birth Certificates,” Ancestry. His birth and death dates in “U.S. Social Security Death Index,” Ancestry. His birth and death dates and places, wife’s name in David Stout, “Led forces in Vietnam,” online article, 18 Oct. 2000, New York Times (https://www.nytimes). His gravestone has four stars and the inscription (partial, digital image), “Bruce Palmer, Jr./General/United States Army/April 13, 1913 Oct. 10, 2000/beloved wife and mother/Kathryn Sibert Palmer/April 27, 1917 December 30, 1996.” “Bruce Palmer, Jr.,” Findagrave, 7600169. In his notes Bruce refers to Kathryn Mary “Kay” Sibert as the daughter of then LTC Franklin C. Sibert and provides their marriage date and place and her death date and place. Catherin M. Sibert (mother’s maiden name Rogers) birth record in “California Birth Index,” database, Ancestry, citing State of California, “California Birth Index, 1905–1955,” Sacramento. Kathryn’s mother’s name from her father’s gravestone (digital image). “Franklin Cummings Sibert,” Findagrave, 65685218.

8.  “Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871–1922,” database, Ancestry, citing “Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922,” index, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, citing Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922, Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, Springfield. Her sister Marcella’s obituary mentions a sister who married Charles C. Irby. Her brother Harding provides her nickname and the name of her husband. 

9. Sylvia Harding Palmer, also named Sylvia Johnsen, father Bruce Palmer, mother Rebecca Madeline Harding, born 24 November 1919 Washington, D.C., died 9 December 2000, “U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry, citing Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007. She must be the sister in Marcella's obituary who was married to Matthew A. Johnsen. Her brother Harding referred to Sylvia Palmer Johnsen as his sister in his notes.