Dear Listers! I am struggling to learn more about the wife and family of Private Thomas Larmo of Vernon Co., WI (1874-1929) who lived at the Philippines from 1898, after being discharged in 1901, working as a plumber until his death in 1929. From various sources (mostly online census records and death records) I have found out he married a Filippino girl named Temotea or Dolores, and they had at least 10 children, most of whom were in the US (WA and CA) by 1930. However, it is SOO hard to obtain details about his wife and family. Then from FOLD3 I have received a copy of Thomas Larmo’s pension card reading: Date of filing: Jan. 15, 1927 - Invalid #1567480 Date of filing: Nov. 9, 1929 - Minor #1654694 He died at Manila, PI Oct. 25, 1929 leaving numerous minor children. These files are supposed to include a mass of family information, but they have apparently never been microfilmed, and I know they can be ordered from the National Archives, probably for a rather high fee(?), but I wonder: Can they also be VIEWED IN PERSON anywhere, for example at the National Archives in Washington, DC, if by any chance, Carol (or someone else) would consider making another visit there? Thanks a million for any suggestions in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane

His wife must have passed away around 1930 -31. I found a photo with a 2 sentence description that seems to have appeared in multiple newspapers. Here’s one: Centralia Daily Chronicle; Washington, Feb. 3, 1931; page 1 SERGEANT ADOPTS FIVE ORPHANED CHILDREN Pay of $63.50 a month and a pension of $20 a month didn't deter Sgt. and Mrs. William Eittson of Fort George Wright, Wash., from adopting five orphaned children of their friend, Thomas Larmo. Mrs. Eittson said the family didn't present a problem in finances. https://tinyurl.com/ybj7l3ly > >

Dear Mark, Don, Jerry and other Listers! Thank you very much to all three of you for a lot of fine genealogical information you have sent me, mostly off-list, in regard to Private Thomas Larmo of the Philippines. This is kind of a «very special» family, but I have now managed to get in contact with nowliving descendants, and I have received a lot of information directly from them, possibly making a consultation of Thomas' military records less required! Let me show you what I now have on Thomas and his wife: ~~~~~ Trond aka Thomas Larmo, born in Vernon Co., WI Mar. 31, 1874, died at Manila, PI Oct. 25, 1929. He enlisted in the US Army in 1898, went to Puerto Rico, but became quite ill and was sent from there to the Fort William McKinley Base at Rizal, PI where he was discharged in 1901. However, he didn’t want to return to cold Wisconsin (I don’t blame him…!) and got a job as a plumber in the army. About 1903 he married Timotea aka Dolores Evangelista Martinez, born at Rizal, PI about 1884 or 1887. She was of mixed Spanish/Catalonian and Filipino background, and she died at Rizal, PI May 16, 1922. Just about the whole family was ill with tuberculosis, and in 1924 Thomas brought two children to be raised with his old mate William Eittson near Spokane, WA, and in 1928 he brought the youngest three children to Spokane, WA as well. ~~~~~ I feel this biography is fairly good. Going into detail about the ten children will take a lot more time and research, but should absolutely be possible to do. However, the only important details that I am currently missing for my manuscript, are the following: ** The exact date and place of Thomas Larmo’s marriage to Timotea «Dolores»? ** The exact date and place of birth for Timotea «Dolores» Evangelista Martinez? Thomas’ pension files, at least one of them, probably includes the answers to these questions, but I will ask their descendants, and maybe I can get the information somehow from them? Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Jun 5, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Mark Erickson <merickson1870@gmail.com> wrote: > > His wife must have passed away around 1930 -31. I found a photo with a 2 > sentence description that seems to have appeared in multiple newspapers. > Here’s one: > > > Centralia Daily Chronicle; Washington, Feb. 3, 1931; page 1 > > > SERGEANT ADOPTS FIVE ORPHANED CHILDREN > > Pay of $63.50 a month and a pension of $20 a month didn't deter Sgt. and > Mrs. William Eittson of Fort George Wright, Wash., from adopting five > orphaned children of their friend, Thomas Larmo. Mrs. Eittson said the > family didn't present a problem in finances. > > > https://tinyurl.com/ybj7l3ly > ~~~~~~~~ From: «Lars E. Oyane" <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no <mailto:lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no>> Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 3:57 AM To: norway@rootsweb.com <mailto:norway@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Carol Larson" <Larsonjw@aol.com <mailto:Larsonjw@aol.com>> Subject: [NOR] Military pension files - are they anywhere available to look at? - or do they have to be ordered? Dear Listers! I am struggling to learn more about the wife and family of Private Thomas Larmo of Vernon Co., WI (1874-1929) who lived at the Philippines from 1898, after being discharged in 1901, working as a plumber until his death in 1929. From various sources (mostly online census records and death records) I have found out he married a Filippino girl named Temotea or Dolores, and they had at least 10 children, most of whom were in the US (WA and CA) by 1930. However, it is SOO hard to obtain details about his wife and family. Then from FOLD3 I have received a copy of Thomas Larmo’s pension card reading: Date of filing: Jan. 15, 1927 - Invalid #1567480 Date of filing: Nov. 9, 1929 - Minor #1654694 He died at Manila, PI Oct. 25, 1929 leaving numerous minor children. These files are supposed to include a mass of family information, but they have apparently never been microfilmed, and I know they can be ordered from the National Archives, probably for a rather high fee(?), but I wonder: Can they also be VIEWED IN PERSON anywhere, for example at the National Archives in Washington, DC, if by any chance, Carol (or someone else) would consider making another visit there? Thanks a million for any suggestions in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane