George Alexander Lavino

George married Leslie Thrall [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Virginia Vail Unknown. Virginia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grant graduated from Troy Conference Academy in 1920, and has a B.S. degree from Colgate University, Theta Chi, followed by further study in economics at Columbia University. Joining the National City Bank of New York, he was sent to England and then to Bombay, India. After four years with the Bank, he joined General Motors India Ltd. on sales work, which kept him in India, Burma and Ceylon for two years

In 1930, he entered the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Service and had a tour of duty as a Commerce officer, in Argentina and Uruguay. Meeting Mr. T. C. Ballagh in Buenos Aires, the present firm of Ballagh & Thrall, Inc. was established in 1933, with headquarters in Philadelphia, of which Grant Is Executive Vice President and Chairman.

Bandtex International Inc. was formed In 1946 with Grant as President, and later acquired in part by the Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia. He is at present a director of four other companies, past-president of the Foreign Traders Association.

He is an Episcopalian, and member of Rotary International, Union League of Philadelphia, Manufacturers Country Club, and Mayflower Descendants, was a Trustee of Green Mountain College, 1953, and a Trustee of Colgate University 1953-1959, also a Trustee and Past President of International House In Philadelphia, is in "Who's Who In the East" 1959 Edition.

Grant has traveled a great deal and has been a member of three Government Trade Missions to India, Pakistan and East Africa, also was a Public Member of the State Department Review Board in 1960, and an Inspection Team to Malta, Cyprus and Turkey in 1965.

After retirement, Grant was a volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps with tours of duty to Indonesia and Venezuela.

Grant married Elizabeth Simpson on 26 Jul 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles C Simpson and Martha Phillips) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Luther had a fine sense of humor and priceless smile. He was a strict and respected father.

Luther and Elsie devoted their time to stimulating their children's ambitions. When the boys were in their teens, they decided they would like to raise chickens. Instead of giving the boys the initial investment, Luther took them to the bank and the transaction was handled in a business- like manner. Because the boys were minors, Luther endorsed their note, but the boys paid it all back in a year and a half, as they sold chickens and eggs.

Luther was always busy at something. He became interested in automobiles when they were new and kept abreast, all his life. He was a skilled mechanical engineer and was foreman of A.Y.Gray Company in Poultney, manufacturers of Ruggles engines. The plant burned down just after World War I. Luther then turned to selling Pierce Arrow automobiles, and he was still in the automobile business when he died. He was always fixing automobiles and his son recalls that before garages were common, the back yard was always full of cars which he fixed for his friends.

When he was in his late fifties, he developed a great interest in the old family homestead and farm which at that time was owned by his son, Durward Stephen. Although Elsie would not go there to live. Luther took over the direction of the farm and it is one of the few times that the farm made money.

Luther and Elsie both coordinated well and liked sports and dancing. They lived in Poultney, Vermont until about 1920 when they moved to Rutland, Vermont. Luther was a Mason, and Warden of the Episcopal vestry in both places.

Luther married Elsie May Farr on 26 Apr 1898. Elsie (daughter of Charles Farr and Mary King) was born on 28 Apr 1880 in Raceville, Washington, New York, USA; died on 9 Apr 1944 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; was buried in East Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Martha Phillips. Martha and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]