1. Edwin Matthew Palmer, b. 3 Feb. 1880, medium height, slender, with light blue eyes and light brown hair, farmer in Durand, “U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” database with images, Ancestry > Illinois, Winnebago Counry > Draft Card P > image 6, citing U.S., Selective Service System, “World War I Selective System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” Washington, D.C., NARA microfilm M1509. Edwin Mathew Palmer, b. 3 Feb. 1880 Durand, “U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” database with images, Ancestry  > IL > Palko, John–Pampke, K Joseph > Osowski, Edward–Pulcher, Alex > image 714, citing U.S., Selective Service System, “Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration,” records of the Selective Service System, NARA microfilm 2097, RG 147, NARA, St. Louis. Edwin and Gertrudes death dates in “Winnebago County, Illinois, Deaths, 1884–1992,” Ancestry. Edwin M. Palmer s. of George H. Palmer and Estelle J. Hoban and Gertrude Boomer, d. Edward H. Boomer and Celind Weatherhead, m. 29 Dec. 1909 Winnebago County, “Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800–1940,” database, Ancestry, citing various Illinois county collections. CEN > 1900 > IL > Winnebago > Durand > district 121 > image 12, lines 43–50, entry for Gertrude Boomer, b. Sept. 1886 IL, with her parents.

2. Notes of a conversation with Margaret Sibert, author’s copy.

3. Julie E. age 13, listed with her sister and parents, “1930 U.S. Federal Census,” Ancestry  > IL > Winnebago > Harrison > district 7 > image 5, lines 13–16, entry for Edwin M. Palmer.

4.. Mary B., age 11, listed with her sister and parents, “1930 U.S. Federal Census,” entry for Edwin M. Palmer. Mary Boomer Palmer, born 28 March 1919, “Winnebago County, Illinois, Births, 1857–1937,” database, Ancestry, citing Winnebago County Clerk, comp., Winnebago County Clerk Genealogy Records, Winnebago, Winnebago County Clerk, 2008. Mary Boomer Palmer Roth, born 28 March 1919 Durand, died 2 December 2011, spouse James Roth, parents Ned and Gertrude Palmer, sister, Julia Estelle Palmer, “U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847–2017,” database, Ancestry, citing McHenry Funeral Home and Cremation Services (https://prod3.meaningfulfunerals.net).