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Personal data Samuel Lyman Damon 


Household of Samuel Lyman Damon

(1) He is married to Irene McKenzie.

They got married on March 29, 1911 at Susanville, California, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)


(2) He has/had a relationship with Myrtle Wood.


Notes about Samuel Lyman Damon

Sam attended Oregon State college and graduated in Civil Engineering in 1906. he worked for the Southern Pacific Railway Company in California for six years after which he engaged in location of Railroads, logging roads and canals for a large lumber company at Susanville, California. He attended a Reserve Officers Training School in 1917 and was commmissioned a First Lieutenant of Engineers. he was assigned to Second Division Engineers and served in France thru World War I. Then afterward, with the Reparations Commission which was to rebuild the territory over which the Americans had fought. On return to the US, he took a permanent appointment with Corps of Engineers of the US Army. He served with several Engineer Districts in the US, three years as District Engineer in Hawaii and a tour with the District Engineer at Portland, Oregon. Impaired health forced his retirement in 1940. Sam and Myrtle Wood were married at Portland, Oregon and they lived in a beautifully kept and arranged beach home at Lincoln Beach on the coase. Sam and Irene had one child together, a girl.
Married to Irene McKenzie & Myrtle Wood

Sam attended Oregon State college and graduated in Civil Engineering in 1906. he worked for the Southern Pacific Railway Company in California for six years after which he engaged in location of Railroads, logging roads and canals for a large lumber company at Susanville, California.

He attended a Reserve Officers Training School in 1917 and was commmissioned a First Lieutenant of Engineers. he was assigned to Second Division Engineers and served in France thru World War I. Then afterward, with the Reparations Commission which was to rebuild the territory over which the Americans had fought.

On return to the US, he took a permanent appointment with Corps of Engineers of the US Army. He served with several Engineer Districts in the US, three years as District Engineer in Hawaii and a tour with the District Engineer at Portland, Oregon. Impaired health forced his retirement in 1940.

Sam and Myrtle Wood were married at Portland, Oregon and they lived in a beautifully kept and arranged beach home at Lincoln Beach on the coase.

Sam and Irene had one child together, a girl.
Married to Irene McKenzie & Myrtle Wood

Sam attended Oregon State college and graduated in Civil Engineering in 1906. he worked for the Southern Pacific Railway Company in California for six years after which he engaged in location of Railroads, logging roads and canals for a large lumber company at Susanville, California.

He attended a Reserve Officers Training School in 1917 and was commmissioned a First Lieutenant of Engineers. he was assigned to Second Division Engineers and served in France thru World War I. Then afterward, with the Reparations Commission which was to rebuild the territory over which the Americans had fought.

On return to the US, he took a permanent appointment with Corps of Engineers of the US Army. He served with several Engineer Districts in the US, three years as District Engineer in Hawaii and a tour with the District Engineer at Portland, Oregon. Impaired health forced his retirement in 1940.

Sam and Myrtle Wood were married at Portland, Oregon and they lived in a beautifully kept and arranged beach home at Lincoln Beach on the coase.

Sam and Irene had one child together, a girl.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Samuel Lyman Damon

David Mitchell
1803-1873
Isabelle Grieve Mitchell
1816-1910
Lyman Damon
1858-1929

Samuel Lyman Damon
1883-1961

(1) 1911

Irene McKenzie
1886-1926

(Not public)
(2) 

Myrtle Wood
????-1962


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    Historical events

    Birthday June 6, 1883

    • The temperature on June 6, 1883 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
      • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
      • August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
      • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
      • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
      • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

    Day of marriage March 29, 1911

    • The temperature on March 29, 1911 was between 4.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
      • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
      • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
      • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
      • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
      • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
    

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