Some Descendants of Brig. Gen. Bruce Palmer (George Henry,George Washington,Noyes Elias,Elias Sanford,Ichabod,Ichabod,Gershom,Walter) and Madeline Rebecca Harding

  1. Marcella Palmer was born on 14 May 1906. [LFH, in 1906][ACWB] She died on 10 Dec 1967. [LFH, in 1967][ACWB] She married Col. Wendell Blanchard [HPN] in 1931. [LFH] Wendell was born on 19 Sep 1902 [USVG] in Massachusetts. [ACWB] He died on 8 Sep 1977 [USVG] in Washington, DC. [ACWB] Wendell and Marcella are buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. [USVG, Wendell][ACWB]
    Wendell graduated from the USMA in 1924. [ACWB] He served in World War II. [ACWB]
  2. Harding Palmer (family genealogist) [HPN] was born on 5 Jul 1907 in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. [WPS] He died on 2 Feb 1991 [SSDI] in Duval county, Florida. [FDI] He married first Amy Lucia Rickard [WPS] in 1931. [LFH] He married second Sarah Waring Renna [WPS] in 1936. [LFH]
  3. Madeline Palmer [HPN] was born on 31 Oct 1911. [SSDI][LFH gives only the year] She died on 15 Aug 1988. [SSDI][LFH gives only the year]
  4. Gen. Bruce Palmer [HPN] was born in 1913 in Austen, Travis, Texas. [WPS] He died on 10 Oct 2000 in Virginia. [WPS] He married Kathryn Mary Sibert. [WPS][WPS] Kathryn Mary Sibert was the daughter of Franklin Sibert and niece of Maj. Gen. Edwin L. Sibert. [HPN]
    Bruce Palmer's description of his maternal grandparents
    Bruce Palmer's description of his career
  5. Adelaide Victoria Palmer was born in 1918. [LFH] She married Charles C. Irby. [HPN][LFH]
  6. Sylvia Palmer [HPN] was born in 1919. [LFH] She married Matthew Johnson. [WPS][LFH]

References

ACWB Arlington Cemetery: Wendell Blanchard
LFH Luff, David, Luff Family History and Genealogy Web Page, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~luff/, 15 Mar 2011.
USVG National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, on-line database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
HPN Palmer, Harding (son of Brig. Gen. Bruce Palmer and grandson of Maj. George Henry Palmer), notes, 15 May 1989.
SSDI Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Online database: Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.
FDI State of Florida, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
WPS Walter Palmer Society