Son of Oliver Milton Dampier & Amelia Pope Godbold
Marriage 1: Florence June Shatto, 12 March 1905, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Ended with her death in 1918
Children: All deceased
Gerald Homer - 8 November 1905
Lucille Elaine - 26 March 1907
Burton Roly - 4 December 1908
Edith Lurline - 19 May 1914
Marriage 2: Mary Grace Riley, 28 November 1922, Vallejo, Solano County, California. Marriage ended with her death in 1943.
Children:
Robert Henry - 12 April 1923 (deceased)
Marriage 3: Marthe "Martha" Celine Abroutil; born 31 October 1931,Paris, Île-de-France, France; died 19 September 1951, Santa Clara County, California. Married after 1943, place unknown. No children
Roly's name is spelled several different ways in documents: Roly or Rolly and his middle name Hendrix or Henry.
Roly came from Texas to California with his parents, first to Los Angeles, then San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and finally to San Jose where his parents settled for the rest of their lives. San Jose was the center of the California Dampier clan with many of Roly's uncles, aunts and cousins.
Roly was a skilled door and sash man. He moved around the west coast with this occupation and always made good wages. Among places he worked are San Jose, Stockton, Portland Or., and the Vallejo shipyards. He also tried his hand at homesteading in Oregon, but he was not a farmer. In 1940 he is returned in the census as a tire salesman.
Roly liked a good time and was described by his daughter Lucille as the perpetual adolescent. One amusing story is a time he took his kids for an outing in Alum Park in San Jose. There were several good looking girls who were whispering among themselves, giggling and looking in his direction which he found both flattering but also a bit perplexing. When he got home he found that he had evidently sat in some acid as the seat of his pants had been eaten away.
After the death of his first wife, he put his children to live with relatives although at times he had his two minor sons from that marriage with him.
By Barry Michie - Grandson
Marriage 1: Florence June Shatto, 12 March 1905, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Ended with her death in 1918
Children: All deceased
Gerald Homer - 8 November 1905
Lucille Elaine - 26 March 1907
Burton Roly - 4 December 1908
Edith Lurline - 19 May 1914
Marriage 2: Mary Grace Riley, 28 November 1922, Vallejo, Solano County, California. Marriage ended with her death in 1943.
Children:
Robert Henry - 12 April 1923 (deceased)
Marriage 3: Marthe "Martha" Celine Abroutil; born 31 October 1931,Paris, Île-de-France, France; died 19 September 1951, Santa Clara County, California. Married after 1943, place unknown. No children
Roly's name is spelled several different ways in documents: Roly or Rolly and his middle name Hendrix or Henry.
Roly came from Texas to California with his parents, first to Los Angeles, then San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and finally to San Jose where his parents settled for the rest of their lives. San Jose was the center of the California Dampier clan with many of Roly's uncles, aunts and cousins.
Roly was a skilled door and sash man. He moved around the west coast with this occupation and always made good wages. Among places he worked are San Jose, Stockton, Portland Or., and the Vallejo shipyards. He also tried his hand at homesteading in Oregon, but he was not a farmer. In 1940 he is returned in the census as a tire salesman.
Roly liked a good time and was described by his daughter Lucille as the perpetual adolescent. One amusing story is a time he took his kids for an outing in Alum Park in San Jose. There were several good looking girls who were whispering among themselves, giggling and looking in his direction which he found both flattering but also a bit perplexing. When he got home he found that he had evidently sat in some acid as the seat of his pants had been eaten away.
After the death of his first wife, he put his children to live with relatives although at times he had his two minor sons from that marriage with him.
By Barry Michie - Grandson
Son of Oliver Milton Dampier & Amelia Pope Godbold
Marriage 1: Florence June Shatto, 12 March 1905, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Ended with her death in 1918
Children: All deceased
Gerald Homer - 8 November 1905
Lucille Elaine - 26 March 1907
Burton Roly - 4 December 1908
Edith Lurline - 19 May 1914
Marriage 2: Mary Grace Riley, 28 November 1922, Vallejo, Solano County, California. Marriage ended with her death in 1943.
Children:
Robert Henry - 12 April 1923 (deceased)
Marriage 3: Marthe "Martha" Celine Abroutil; born 31 October 1931,Paris, Île-de-France, France; died 19 September 1951, Santa Clara County, California. Married after 1943, place unknown. No children
Roly's name is spelled several different ways in documents: Roly or Rolly and his middle name Hendrix or Henry.
Roly came from Texas to California with his parents, first to Los Angeles, then San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and finally to San Jose where his parents settled for the rest of their lives. San Jose was the center of the California Dampier clan with many of Roly's uncles, aunts and cousins.
Roly was a skilled door and sash man. He moved around the west coast with this occupation and always made good wages. Among places he worked are San Jose, Stockton, Portland Or., and the Vallejo shipyards. He also tried his hand at homesteading in Oregon, but he was not a farmer. In 1940 he is returned in the census as a tire salesman.
Roly liked a good time and was described by his daughter Lucille as the perpetual adolescent. One amusing story is a time he took his kids for an outing in Alum Park in San Jose. There were several good looking girls who were whispering among themselves, giggling and looking in his direction which he found both flattering but also a bit perplexing. When he got home he found that he had evidently sat in some acid as the seat of his pants had been eaten away.
After the death of his first wife, he put his children to live with relatives although at times he had his two minor sons from that marriage with him.
By Barry Michie - Grandson
Marriage 1: Florence June Shatto, 12 March 1905, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Ended with her death in 1918
Children: All deceased
Gerald Homer - 8 November 1905
Lucille Elaine - 26 March 1907
Burton Roly - 4 December 1908
Edith Lurline - 19 May 1914
Marriage 2: Mary Grace Riley, 28 November 1922, Vallejo, Solano County, California. Marriage ended with her death in 1943.
Children:
Robert Henry - 12 April 1923 (deceased)
Marriage 3: Marthe "Martha" Celine Abroutil; born 31 October 1931,Paris, Île-de-France, France; died 19 September 1951, Santa Clara County, California. Married after 1943, place unknown. No children
Roly's name is spelled several different ways in documents: Roly or Rolly and his middle name Hendrix or Henry.
Roly came from Texas to California with his parents, first to Los Angeles, then San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and finally to San Jose where his parents settled for the rest of their lives. San Jose was the center of the California Dampier clan with many of Roly's uncles, aunts and cousins.
Roly was a skilled door and sash man. He moved around the west coast with this occupation and always made good wages. Among places he worked are San Jose, Stockton, Portland Or., and the Vallejo shipyards. He also tried his hand at homesteading in Oregon, but he was not a farmer. In 1940 he is returned in the census as a tire salesman.
Roly liked a good time and was described by his daughter Lucille as the perpetual adolescent. One amusing story is a time he took his kids for an outing in Alum Park in San Jose. There were several good looking girls who were whispering among themselves, giggling and looking in his direction which he found both flattering but also a bit perplexing. When he got home he found that he had evidently sat in some acid as the seat of his pants had been eaten away.
After the death of his first wife, he put his children to live with relatives although at times he had his two minor sons from that marriage with him.
By Barry Michie - Grandson
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