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CLAN MAXWELL SOCIETY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

 

To the Executive Committee

      Mrs. Nancy Dinwiddie Dirkes

      803 Armstrong Dr.

      Georgetown TX 78628

 

Committee Members:

 

The undersigned hereby applies for membership in the Clan Maxwell Society, and for the said purposes, affirms the authenticity of the information herein submitted.

 

This application if for ___Full  ____Associate ____Affiliate Membership (check one) (see back for details)

 

            NAME:                          ___________________________________________________                            

            HOME ADDRESS:       ___________________________________________________

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TELEPHONE:               ___________________________

BUSINESS ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________

            OCCUPATION:             __________________________________

            E-MAIL:                         ___________________________

 

If an Allied or Dependent Family of Clan Maxwell, please identify the family: 

______________________________________________________________________________

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If you are a member of another Scottish group, please list:_______________________________

 

COMMENTS:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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DUES AND APPLICATION FEE:  $20.00

 

SIGNATURE: _________________________________________     DATE: _______________

EXCERPT FROM THE BY-LAWS

               

Article III

MEMBERSHIP

                  Section l.  The membership shall be comprised of Full Members, Associate Members, Affiliate Members and Honorary Members.   Members in good standing shall be entitled to vote.

                 

                  Section 2.  The types of membership offered by this Society shall be:

 

                  (a) Full Membership, which shall consist of all persons 18 years of age or older, (i) who bear the surname Maxwell (however spelled) by birth and descent; or else (ii) whose mother, or any grandparent, great grandparent, or great great grandparent bears, or bore, the surname Maxwell by birth and descent; …………The right to full membership shall be based on blood and family so that persons who have adopted or assumed the surname Maxwell without having any Scottish or Irish blood in any of their antecedents are not entitled to full membership, it being clearly understood this Society is one of “Cousinship”, not “Fraternity.”        

 

                  (b) Associate Membership, which shall consist of a person who is the wife or the husband or legally adopted child of one who bears the surname Maxwell ………by birth and descent.     

 

                  (c) Affiliate Membership, which shall consist of all persons 18 years of age or over whose descent from persons bearing the surname Maxwell is more distant than five generations. 

 

                  (d) Those persons of surnames listed and recognized by the Executive Council of Clan Maxwell as Allied and/or Dependent Families of the House of Maxwell shall be eligible for membership in this Society in any one of the three membership types described herein above, it being understood the lineage status with respect to his/her surname of any such eligible person shall determine the appropriate membership type.    

 

 

THE FOLLOWING DUES SCHEDULE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP AT AN ANNUAL MEETING

 

                  Annual membership dues (all classes)           $15.00

                  New member application fee                              5.00

                 

                  Total to be submitted with application         $20.00

 

New members receive a Clan Maxwell emblem pin at no additional cost. 

 

A SPECIAL NOTE:  If you have any genealogical papers, data, or Bible records of your MAXWELL  or DEPENDENT FAMILY ANCESTRY, The Society would be grateful for a copy to expand our records. 

Submission of such data has no bearing on an applicant’s eligibility for membership.

 

                                                 DEPENDENT AND ALLIED FAMILIES

 

ADAIR                  HERRIES             MACKITTRICK                 NITHDALE          POLLOK

BLACKSTOCK   KIRK                     MAXTON                             PAULK                  POLK

DINWIDDIE        KIRKLAND         MESCALL                            PEACOCK            RAWLINS

DINWODDIE       LATIMER            MONREITH                         POGUE                  STURGEON        

EDGAR                 LATIMORE         MOSS                                    POLLOCK            WARDLAW

 

Please forward application and dues to:   Nancy D. Dirkes

                                                                        803 Armstrong Dr.

                                                                        Georgetown TX 78628