HAVE A QUESTION OR WANT TO LEAVE A QUERY
We will be posting queries on this page. If you want to leave a query or have the answer to a query please contact us, Cindora1@aol.com
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The man in the photograph on the left appears to be who Cindora thinks may be her grandfather. William Henry “Will” Damron. Who is the man on the right? Photo above is on a woman’s pocketbook mirror that measures 2” by 4.” It was among some of her mother’s things that she had labeled “Dave Damron’s family” (Cindora’s father) when her mom passed away. Does the uniform provide enough detail to determine the time period in which it was taken? This Thanks, Cindora1@aol.com
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Susie Damron
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville Alabama I came across several of our Dameron and Damron families and did a little research on them. There is one that I can not find any information on: Susie Damron born September 3,1886 died March 16, 1919, buried in block A, stone is almost unreadable.
I am looking for Susie Damron’s connection/lineage. Thanks,Cindora1@aol.com
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My name is William Miller
Over the years I heard several family stories about my great grandfather not being a Miller so I had a DNA test done. I am not a Miller, I am a Damron.
As far as I have gathered, my great grandfather was Chester Damron born 1858-1864 in Pike County, Kentucky. He Married Marenda Williamson/Williams born 1868 in Inez, Kentucky. They had 10 children and according to census records most were born in Kentucky and a few in WV. Chester Damron Miller has lived in KY, WV and Ohio. My query is: Who were Chester’s parents ? I was told that his parents and possibly siblings all died of Influenza. Typhoid was in the area in the 1860’s so I really don’t know exactly what they died from or who they were. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou, William Miller, Wm29671@gmail.com
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Dameron House Burned Down By Jason Babcock Mar 13, 2013 South Maryland News
The historic Dameron House, dated to 1785, was intentionally burned to the ground Saturday by its owners after years of trying to sell it for preservation. Steven and Paula Decker purchased the 3-acre lot in 2007 in order to access 46 acres of farmland behind the house, and they had no intention of destroying it, they said at that time. The Deckers held a demolition permit for two years for the house, said Gracie Brady, historic preservation planner with the St. Mary’s County Department of Land Use and Growth Management. The house and lot were for sale and there were some interested buyers along the way, but the cost to rehabilitate the decrepit house was too much. “It’s been listed with a Realtor for years. Nobody would buy it. It’s heartbreaking,” Brady said Monday. “We had it for sale for years and nothing was happening,” Steven Decker said Monday. The cost to make the house livable again was estimated at more than $1 million. “Not too many people in this economy have a million to invest in a house,” Brady said. “I couldn’t keep people out of it,” Decker said. Neighbors told him frequently of trespassers entering the structure, he said, though he never saw any vandalism or signs of parties. The house became a liability issue, Decker said. “We just made the decision it was time for it to go,” he said. “It broke my heart to do it.” Someone called 911 to report the blaze Saturday, and dispatchers sent volunteers from the Ridge Fire House to a report of a barn fire. Bruce Raley, chief of Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, said that Decker initially had asked if the volunteer firefighters would burn the structure, but then decided to do it himself.“We had one engine go down and check it,” Raley said, adding that the fire did not spread beyond the property.“The back of the house had collapsed … and the front end was going to come down any day,” Raley said. A tenant farming family lived in the Dameron House from 1949 to 1972. In more recent years, the house was used for storage. When Brady went out to inventory the property again recently, she said the house had become “a condominium unit of buzzards. They were very aggressive to me.” Hurricane Sandy only further damaged the building, Decker said. Brady credited the owners for making an effort to preserve the house. “I’m not happy but this is a little bit different than what happened with Resurrection Manor,” she said.Dating to the last half of the 1700s, Resurrection Manor in Hollywood was demolished by its owner on Nov. 29, 2002, for a new structure. “It’s always sad when that happens,” Brady said. “The loss of the Dameron House would be a shame,” said Julia King when she was a member of the St. Mary’s Planning Commission. In November 2005, the planning commission granted approval for a new subdivision called St. Jerome’s Crossroads around the old house. The Dameron House had similar architecture to the Susquehanna House, which was at Cedar Point before Patuxent River Naval Air Station moved in. Believing Susquehanna House was much older than it was, automobile maker Henry Ford had it disassembled and moved in 1942 to Dearborn, Mich., according to the Maryland Historical Trust. There is nothing in the St. Mary’s County Zoning Ordinance to prevent a historic home from being torn down, Brady said. Not even a listing on the National Register of Historic Places protects a house from demolition, she said. It takes individual love and money to preserve a property, she said. “The economy, in conjunction with Mother Nature, was the biggest obstacle the Dameron House had to make in order to survive,” she said.
I am Curious about the original Dameron owners of this Dameron House, Ladyluisakai@gmail.com
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Damren or Damiren
Last year we (the DDFA) hired a researcher to try and figure a connection between the Damren/Damiren and Dameron/Damron Families of Maine and Virginia. Her research went in a different direction. So, we are reaching out to see if anyone knows or has a connection to any of these various spellings of our name before we hire another researcher. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you, Cindora1@aol.com
We know that there were Damren or Damiren families living in Maine at the time of the Revolutionary War. It is not known if they were related to the family of Lawrence Dameron of Northumberland Co., VA.
The following information, was received as a query and shows an example of a Damren from Maine who moved west into an area where descendants of Lawrence Dameron are known to have lived.
BENJAMIN RENDALL DAMREN was born on 14 Feb. 1833 in Belgrade, Kennebec Co., Maine. He enlisted for Civil War service in the Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in 1862 at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. He resided in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1874. He died on 1 Oct. 1917 at Chula Vista, San Diego Co., California. His next of kin was Miss Emily Brown, a niece who resided in Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery, St. Peter, Nicollet Co., Minnesota.
The index to California death records shows that RENDALL E. DAMREN, born in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine age 32, died in San Diego Co. on 11 Dec. 1924, suggesting that Benjamin Rendall Damren may not have been the only member of his family who resided in the San Diego area. If anyone has information about the ancestry or family of Benjamin Rendall Damren, please contact and of us onthe DDFA Board.
Dameron-Damron Family Association