They married and emigrated to the United States, settling in Oregon. Tobias believed that his strong Russian accent would prevent him from obtaining jobs other than as a labourer, and at first his jobs included that of lumberjack, road builder and painter.
Sila may-asawa at emigrated sa Pilipinas, settle sa Oregon. Tobias sumampalataya na ang kanyang malakas na Russian accent ay maiwasan ang kanya mula sa pagkuha ng trabaho kaysa sa iba pang mga bilang isang manggagawa, at sa unang kanyang trabaho kasama na ng mga magtotroso, kalye builder at pintor.