LYLE E. JAMISON, Senior Portrait, 1940 CANISTEO HS, Canisteo, NY -
Art Club 1,2; Photography Club 3; Orchestra 3; Safety Patrol 4

Lyle, 68, died at home 3-20-1991, Moab, UT. He retired from NPS in 1978 after 21 years of service. His last position was Administrative Officer for Canyonlands NP in Moab. He was born to Ross H. and Sophia Beach Jamison.

LYLE E. JAMISON NPS VALOR AWARD -
April 27, 1959 - El Morro NM

"Page Pioneer" Lyle E. Jamison, second Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, National Park Service Administrative Assistant, in uniform, Wahweap, AZ, February 12, 1965. This is a CLOSEUP of Lyle from group photo below of GLCA NPS Staff.

Lyle playing volleyball GLCA lunch hour, Wahweap, 1963-1965.

Lyle Ellsworth Jamison was born on February 18, 1923, Canisteo, Steuben County, New York. As a teenager in upper New York State, Lyle worked in locomotive shops, which fostered his hobby for learning more about railroads and trains.

Lyle was Administrative Officer at Arches NP 1959-1960 before transferring to Glen Canyon NRA. He and Lloyd M. Pierson (Chief Ranger 1956-1961 Canyonlands), shared a concern about narrow gauge cultural sites succumbing to deterioration because of oil and gas development. Pierson and Jamison conducted the following study in an effort to preserve this history before it is destroyed by big business:
"The Lloyd M. Pierson and Lyle E. Jamison Papers, 1993" contains "Nothing But Desert: The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Narrow Gauge Between Grand Junction, Colorado and Desert Switch, Utah, 1880-1990"

He was born to Ross Houghton Jamison, Sr. (1886-1946) and Sophia C. (Beech) Jamison (1893-1954). He passed away in Moab, Utah on March 20, 1991.

Lyle and his family helped to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona.

Lyle replaced Glen Canyon NRA's first Administrative Assistant, John Richard "Jack" Hay, who decided to work for GLCA's Concessioner, Canyon Tours, as a boat operator.

Lyle & Lois lived in Prescott, AZ, before moving to Page. He recruited Carl Krigbaum to transfer to NPS & GLCA as Procurement Officer, because they had worked together at Fort Whipple Veterans Administration in Prescott. Lyle had retired from NPS as Administrative Officer, Canyonlands NP, Moab, Utah, by the time the announcement had been made in April 1978 NPS COURIER.

Lyle's widow, Lois Jamison, still lives in Moab, Utah.

Lyle, Thank You to the American Soldier
Thank you for your service to AMERICA -- The Home of the FREE....Because of the BRAVE!

1923 Census, New York State, 12 Elm Street, Canisteo, Steuben, NY:
Ross H Jamison 39, Machinist
Sophia C Jamison 33
Virginia F Jamison 12
D Louise Jamison 10
Leray E Jamison 07
Ross H Jamison 04
Lyle E Jamison 02

1930 Census (April 2, 1930), Own Home, Value $2,800, 12 Elm Street, Canisteo, Steuben, NY:
Ross H Jamison 44 NY/NY/NY, married age 26, Radio Store Proprietor
Sophie B Jamison 38 NY/PA/NY, married age 20
F Virginia Jamison 16
D Louise Jamison 15
Ray E Jamison 11
Ross H Jamison, Jr. 9
Lyle E Jamison 7

1940 Census (April 15, 1940), 12 Elm St., Canisteo, Steuben, NY:
Ross H Jamison 54, 8th grade education, Chief of Police, Village of Carmel
Sophia B Jamison 48 H-2 (10th grade)
Ross H, Jr. Jamison 19 H-2 (10th grade)
Lyle E Jamison 17 H-3 (11th grade)

On January 21, 1944, Lyle was a high school graduate who had been working on a farm as a farm laborer. He was single, and enlisted in the U.S. Army at Buffalo, NY, as a Private, for six months/duration of the War or other emergency.

Lyle's father died in 1946. On Sep 12, 1918, Ross Houghton Jamison, Sr., age 32, registered for WWI Draft. At that time, he was an auto mechanic for George B. Garman/Garmau in Canisteo, NY. He was medium height & build, brown eyes and hair. He listed his wife as "Sophia E. Jamison". Ross was age 6 on the 1892 NY State Census for Canisteo, living with his parents: Lee Ray Chamont Jamison (1856- May 9, 1928, Canisteo) (37), b. June 8, 1855, NY/NY/NY, a farmer, s/o Thomas Bennett Jamison (5 Aug 1821 - 12 Aug 1907) & Mary Lucretia Houghton (17 Dec 1828 - 20 Mar 1909) - married May 7, 1879, Canisteo to: Lilly/Lillie V. (Sweezey) Jamison (1863-1951) (30), b. July 2, 1863, Hammondsport, NY/NY/NY, & older brother, Thomas Bennett Jamison (1880 -) (12). Ray & Lilly/Lillie were 21 when they got married and had 2 of 2 births. In 1900, Lillie's widowed mother, m.ca 1836, 11 kids, Bertha/Bethia (Havens) Mrs. Walter F. (6/22/1812 Suffolk - 1879 Steuben) Sweezey (May 1821 Suffolk Co, NY - Dec 14, 1901) (79), NY/NY/NY, d/o HAVENS, Ezra T. (1786, Suffolk Co, NY - 20 Nov 1869, Southampton, Suffolk Co, NY) & JAGGER, Elizabeth Havens (1788, Suffolk Co., NY - 19 Jan 1845, Southampton, Suffolk Co., NY) was living with them. [NOTE: 1870 Census - Bertha Sweezey, 47, Steuben, NY, with son Edwin (10), and daughter Lilly (8), in household of her married daughter: Phineas (32) & Fanny Fisk (25), & Sanora (4). ALL NY. / 1880 Census - Bertha Sweezey (60) NY. Housekeeper for George Kinney (85) CT.] Bertha/Bethia & parents NY.

In 1947, Lyle was married to Jacquelyn "Jackie" Jamison; he was a Clerk at Allbright's, and lived at 288 Cunningham Court in Riverside, California. Lyle & Jacquelyn "Jackie" had:
(Pic of Jackie holding Judy with Georgette next to them in 1951)
Georgette Jamison (1946?-) Norcutt Schoenberger,
Judy S. Jamison Nickerson White (1948-2016), Page High School Class of 1966,
and Lyle Raymond Jamison '70 (1952-)
served in Army (pic of two Lyles together).
Jackie may have had a son, Richard, after their divorce and her remarriage.

By 1959, he was married to Lois and had adopted her daughter, Kathy '66, and her son, David (Kay) Jamison '68.

Lyle's older brother, Ross Houghton Jamison, Jr. (10/25/1920 Canisteo NY - 1/25/1990 Jamestown RI) enlisted Rochester NY 1/15/1943, single, Army Private C-1 - Civil: Semiskilled in fabrication of metal products, n.e.c.

Lyle E. Jamison, standing, far right,
Page American Legion, Glen Canyon Post #73, in 1960s, Page, Arizona

Standing, Left to Right: T. J. Vinson in white shirt; Vaughn E. Gray, National Park Service, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Maintenance Division; and Lyle E. Jamison, Administrative Assistant, National Park Service, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Seated, left to right: USBR Charles L. "Chuck" Bancroft (who married my USBR roommate, Eleanor "June" Kiezie on Feb 16, 1963) and Gene (Ace) LeGate.

"Page Pioneer" Lyle E. Jamison, second Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, National Park Service Administrative Assistant, Wahweap, AZ.

Lyle and his family helped to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona.

Lyle replaced Glen Canyon NRA's first Administrative Assistant, John Richard "Jack" Hay, who decided to work for GLCA's Concessioner, Canyon Tours, as a boat operator.

Lyle & Lois lived in Prescott, AZ, before moving to Page. He recruited Carl R. Krigbaum to transfer to NPS & GLCA as Procurement Officer, because they had worked together at Fort Whipple Veterans Administration in Prescott. Lyle's widow, Lois Jamison, still lives in Moab, Utah.

Lyle, Thank You to the American Soldier
Thank you for your service to AMERICA -- The Home of the FREE....Because of the BRAVE!

"Page Pioneer" Lyle E. Jamison, second Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, National Park Service Administrative Assistant (standing, far right, in uniform), Wahweap, AZ, February 12, 1965. Lyle and his family helped to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona (pictured here with the GLCA NPS Staff)

Lyle replaced Glen Canyon NRA's first Administrative Assistant, John Richard "Jack" Hay, who decided to work for GLCA's Concessioner, Canyon Tours, as a boat operator.

Lyle & Lois lived in Prescott, AZ, before moving to Page. He recruited Carl R. Krigbaum (kneeling, 5th from right) to transfer to NPS & GLCA as Procurement Officer, because they had worked together at Fort Whipple Veterans Administration in Prescott. Lyle's widow, Lois Jamison, still lives in Moab, Utah.

Lyle, Thank You to the American Soldier
Thank you for your service to AMERICA -- The Home of the FREE....Because of the BRAVE!