born to fay and tom mcguire, the child was first christened as timothy mcguire on july 22, 1925. but after tom mcguire left fay to raise the boy alone, fay allowed charles and gertie palmer to adopt the boy. he was rechristened tom stewart palmer on march 29, 1926. his biological mother maintained a friendly relationship with the palmer family, though did not divulge the nature of her relationship to tom until his teens.