The following is taken from a letter written to Thama by her mother Irene Pearl Call Larsen-dated February 8, 1964.
Dear Thama,
You were born Dec. 17th, 1917 in Rigby, Idaho. You were the first one born in our new house we were living in. On the 16th, Mrs. Bertha Hoyle & "String" came to see us. We were talking about the earth tremor that we had a few days before that shook the Jackson Dam & made a crack in it. They had chicken dinner with us. We went out beside the house and picked ? about 5 inches high. It had been so warm and no snow. You were born the next morning at 1:45 a.m. The Dr. was H.A. Anderson who delivered you. My mother was with the doctor at the time of your birth. She was sure thrilled to think you was a girl after having so many boys in the family. My father came in soon after and he said I was counting on my fingers that this would be the 9th grandson. So, it is a girl. Oh, I am so glad. So that day he went out to the dry farm and told the news and they said, "We take off our hats to Irene, good for her." They were all so happy. My sister Lavina ran all over the neighborhood telling the news about our little baby girl, how cute and sweet she was. People kidded me and said, "So, you have got you a little queen, have you?"When you were about 5 days old, Bash L. Bennett came to see you and asked what we were going to name you. I told him I wanted to call you Nola. He made out a birth certificate and sent it in to the state. Before we got around to having you blessed, your dad was reading a book and he said "I've got another name for her." We are going to name her Thama. I asked him where he got the name and he said, I just made it up. I've been reading a book about the beautiful Thames River in England and her name is going to be Thama. I told him that we had already sent her name to be registered in Boise. He said, I don't care if we did, that is going to be her name. So, we had you blessed in church by the name of Thama.
The following is taken from a letter written to Thama by her mother Irene Pearl Call Larsen-dated February 8, 1964.
Dear Thama,
You were born Dec. 17th, 1917 in Rigby, Idaho. You were the first one born in our new house we were living in. On the 16th, Mrs. Bertha Hoyle & "String" came to see us. We were talking about the earth tremor that we had a few days before that shook the Jackson Dam & made a crack in it. They had chicken dinner with us. We went out beside the house and picked ? about 5 inches high. It had been so warm and no snow. You were born the next morning at 1:45 a.m. The Dr. was H.A. Anderson who delivered you. My mother was with the doctor at the time of your birth. She was sure thrilled to think you was a girl after having so many boys in the family. My father came in soon after and he said I was counting on my fingers that this would be the 9th grandson. So, it is a girl. Oh, I am so glad. So that day he went out to the dry farm and told the news and they said, "We take off our hats to Irene, good for her." They were all so happy. My sister Lavina ran all over the neighborhood telling the news about our little baby girl, how cute and sweet she was. People kidded me and said, "So, you have got you a little queen, have you?"When you were about 5 days old, Bash L. Bennett came to see you and asked what we were going to name you. I told him I wanted to call you Nola. He made out a birth certificate and sent it in to the state. Before we got around to having you blessed, your dad was reading a book and he said "I've got another name for her." We are going to name her Thama. I asked him where he got the name and he said, I just made it up. I've been reading a book about the beautiful Thames River in England and her name is going to be Thama. I told him that we had already sent her name to be registered in Boise. He said, I don't care if we did, that is going to be her name. So, we had you blessed in church by the name of Thama.
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