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Family HistoryFamily History - Robert Graeme Smith


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 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Robert Graeme Smith and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Robert Graeme Smith,1 born 24 April 1926 (parents not determined);1 died 4 April 1978 in Collier County, Florida.1 Robert married, 11 May 1974 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Ellen Brent Jones (née Senay) 4, 5 (born 7 February 1927 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, the daughter of Charles Timothy Senay, Jr. and Ellen Brent Pearson Myatt;2, 3, 4 Ellen died 19 September 2000 in Naples, Collier County, Florida2, 4).

Ellen was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, a proud Mayflower descendant and the great-granddaughter of Governor Fowle of North Carolina. She attended Vasser College and earned a masters degree in fine arts from Tulane University. Ellen was a professor of theater arts at the University of Connecticut and the educational program director at the Hartford Stage Company. In her later years, she was a long time resident of Naples, Florida, where she volunteered at Naples Players. Ellen was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church and she worked at a thrift shop in Naples. She was survived by four children from her first marriage, two step children from her second marriage, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.4


  1. Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Smith, R. Graeme, 4 April 1978
  2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Ellen B. Smith, no. 118-22-1228
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation, Enumeration District 52-13, Sheet 95B, family of Charles and Ellen Senay.
  4. Obituary, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Ellen Brent Senay Jones Smith, 24 September 2000
  5. Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Groom: Robert G. Smith, age 49. Bride: Ellen B. Jones, age 47. Marriage Date: 11 May 1974. Marriage Place: Harwinton, Litchfield, CT.