I just learned today that the full name of the poet T. S . Eliot is "Thomas Stearns Eliot". According to the encyclopedia, . . . he was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Sept. 26, 1888 and died on Jan. 4, 1965. The encyclopedia also says "Eliot was descended form a distinguished New England family." Knowing how many children are given their mother's maided name as a middle name, I'm wondering if that's the case here. Does anyone have T. S. Eliot in their Stearns line?? If so, would you be willing to share some of his lineage with the rest of us?? Jeanne email : j-hayes@mindspring.com