My mother always taught me that this was the correct way to address people. I think that sons were addressed Mr. Smith and then Mr. John Smith or similar. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Margaret Moore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 9:39 PM Subject: [OEL] Miss Smith and Miss Frances Smith > Can anyone tell me when the English habit of referring to the eldest > daughter as Miss Smith and her younger sisters as Miss Frances Smith, Miss > Elizabeth Smith, etc. died out? I ask because I seem to have found an > early 20th -century example here in Canada. > > Regards, > John Moore > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > Going away for a while? > Don't forget to UNSUBSCRIBE! > [email protected] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: 10/08/2006 > >