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Grahame Thomas
Smallwood, Jr.
1919 - 2000
Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr., the son of
of Graeme T.
Smallwood and Dorothy (Hubbell) Smallwood, was born in
Toledo, Ohio on February 26, 1919. Mr. Smallwood spent
his youth in Washington, D.C. and then lived
in Philadelphia, PA, Salt Lake City, UT, and finally
Potomac, MD. He
studied at the College Moderne in Geneva, Switzerland and
at the Lycée de St. Gilles in Brussels, Belgium. Mr.
Smallwood
died on December 3, 2000, and is survived by his sister,
Mrs. Paul Milton Niebell, Sr. (Beasley - Eleanor Warrene
Smallwood)
Mr.
Smallwood served in the Pacific in World War II as an U.S.
Army counter-intelligence agent. He had a twenty-eight
year career with TWA, both as an account executive, then
as Eastern Regional Advertising and Sales Manager. After
retiring, he pursued his genealogical endeavors and moved
to Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Chips" was a cultured and talented man in all of his
chosen fields and was recognized as a premier leader in
hereditary societies. There were sixteen lineage societies
fortunate to have had "Chips" as their leader and friend.
He was respected researcher, author and co-founder
of several lineage societies.
Memberships
* Society of
the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut
* National Gavel Society (former President)
* General Society of Colonial Wars in the District of
Columbia (former
Governor)
* Order of the Crown in America (former Registrar
General)
* First Families of Virginia 1607-1624
* Saint Nicholas Society in the City of New York (former
Secretary General)
* National Society Americans of Royal Descent (Honorary
President General)
* Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192 (former Registrar
General; former
Treasurer General)
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
(Honorary President General)
* Baronial Order of the Magna Charta (former Marshal)
* The Military Order Of The Crusades (former Commander
General)
* General Society of Mayflower Descendants
* Order of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660
(Honorary Member)
* Jamestowne Society (Deputy Governor, Washington &
Northern Virginia
Company)
* Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter (former
member of the
Board of American Friends)
* Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (former
Governor General)
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Honorary
President General)
* The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial
Governors (Honorary
Governor General)
*
National Huguenot Society
(Honorary President General)
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
* General Society of the War of 1812 (former First Vice
President of the
Washington, D.C. Society)
* General Society Sons of the Revolution (former President
of the
Washington, D.C. Society)
* National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
(former Vice
President General; former Genealogist General; former Librarian
General)
* National Society Children of the American Revolution
(former Senior
National Vice President)
* Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
* Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy (former
Executive Council
Member)
* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench
& Bar l565-l86l
(former President General)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(Honorary Governor
General)
*
National Society of Sons of American Colonists (Honorary
Governor
General)
* Hereditary Order of Descendants Loyalists & Patriots
American Revolution
(former Treasurer General)
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
1636-1647 (Honorary Governor General)
* Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
*
Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York
* Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of
the Kings of Britain
(former Secretary-Treasurer)
* Order of Lafayette
* Flagon and Trencher
*
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
* Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (former Board Member)
* Swedish Colonial Society
* Dutch Colonial Society of Delaware
* Dutch Settlers Society of Albany
* Welsh Society of Philadelphia
* Netherlands Society of Philadelphia (former Chairman,
Membership
Committee)
* Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts
* Royal Society of St. George
Mr.
Smallwood was the recipient of the Award of Merit by the
National Genealogical Society and also served as executive
secretary, treasurer and trustee of the Association of
Professional Genealogists. In 2000, he received the
Distinguished Service Medal from the Sons of the American
Revolution. The Association of Professional
Genealogists instituted the 'Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr.
Award' in the year of his passing, as well.
Chivalric Orders
*
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital
of St. John of Jerusalem (Officer)
Other Notes
Mr. Smallwood was a member of the Union League Club,
Philadelphia, PA;
the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia; Peale Club of
Philadelphia; Philadelphia Council of the Navy Leage; and
the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C.
In addition, Mr. Smallwood held memberships in the New
England Historical and Genealogical Society; Genealogical
Society of Pennsylvania; Stamford Genealogical Society;
Connecticut Society of Genealogists; National Genealogical
Society (former Vice President); Society of Genealogists
(London, England); Griswold Family Association; and
American Society of Heraldry.
Mr. Smallwood was also a member of the National Trust for
Historic Preservation; Friends of Winterthur; Historical
Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Society for
Preservation of Landmarks; Friends of Independence
National Historical Park; Netherlands America Foundation;
Maritime Museum; the University Museum; Independence Hall
Association; The Athenaem; Washington Crossing Foundation;
Philadelphia Museum of Art; British American Society; the
Franklin Institute; and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
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