Birth Name: Damon Scott Berryhill
Place of Birth: South Laguna, Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 3, 1963
Ethnicity: English, African-American, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian
Damon Berryhill is a former Major League Baseball catcher.
Damon’s paternal grandfather was Gordon Arthur Berryhill, son of John Berryhill and Alice Keene. John was born in either Ohio or Ontario to Irish immigrants John Berryhill and Jane Hodgins. Alice was born in London, England to William Edmund Brook Keene (son of Frederick Benjamin Brook Keene and Hannah Hay) and Fannie/Fanny Gillmore.
Damon’s paternal grandmother was Fay Wenonah Grant, daughter of William J. Grant and Orville J. Smith. It appears both William and Orville were African-American, though they are listed as white after moving from South Carolina to California.
Damon’s maternal grandfather was Howard Lester Patchen, son of Jay Judson Patchen and Adda Marie Woodruff. Jay was the son of Sylvanus A. Patchen (son of Jared Patchen and Augusta Tiffany) and Mary A. Crouse (daughter of John Crouse and Jane). Adda was the daughter of John Woodruff and Mary Ann Thomas.
Damon’s maternal grandmother was Wilma Viola Forst, daughter of Eugene Frederick Forst and Kathleen Dane/Dennis. Frederick was born in Bohemia and was of Austrian descent, Kathleen was Hungarian.
Sources: Marriage record of Damon’s parents – familysearch.org
Marriage record of Damon’s paternal grandparents – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal grandfather Gordon Arthur Berryhill on 1910 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Marriage record of Damon’s paternal great-grandparents John Berryhill and Alice Keene – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal great-grandfather John Berryhill on 1880 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal great-grandmother Alice Keene on 1871 England and Wales census – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal grandmother Fay Wenonah Grant (listed as white) on 1910 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal grandmother Fay Wenonah Grant (listed as black) on 1900 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal great-grandfather William J. Grant on 1880 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s paternal great-grandmother Orville Smith on 1880 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Marriage record of Damon’s maternal grandparents – familysearch.org
Damon’s maternal great-grandfather Jay Judson Patchen on 1860 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s maternal great-grandmother Adda Marie Woodruff on 1870 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Damon’s maternal grandmother Wilma Viola Forst 1911 Canada census – www.bac-lac.gc.ca