Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-08-02
SMITHS IN THE LEAD.
Dominate American Society, AS
serts Social Register Locator.
BROWNS COME NEXT on LIST

No Joneses In Providence, and Oak
lands Preferred Knows None Named
jackson - Select Roll Has $500
kames-Stranas Differences In the
Spelling.
Society is led throughout the United
States. north, south. east and west by
the ancient and honorable family Of
Smith, as is shown by the Social Reg
lister Locator, the first number of
which was published the other day.
This volume is compendium of the
names OF persons of social prominence
In twenty American cities ana has
been prepared with painStaking care
II consists of an Alphabetical arrange
ment of $500 names, together with
the cities where the persons reside.
This furnishes q cleW to many sources
OF information concerning those whose
doings are OF interest to society in the
principal cities of the United States
or the Smiths there are found To he
556 all told, while the Browns. who
number 346 come next in prcfcrmpnt.
The Joneses number 262, while the
Robinsons have lT3 on the roll of the
select elect, TO quote Miss Carolyn
Wells. The numerically predominant
names in New York are as follows;
Smith, 1853; Brown, 1871; White, ST;
Morgan, 81; Clark 81; Robinson, 81;
Taylor, 50, and Miller, 50. Boston has
only . Smiths and Ii Browns. but the
Hub has % Williamses, A Peabodys
and A Cooldges.
New York has the most Smiths and
40 per cent of the Browns. while Bal
timore is close second in the posses
sion of the clan of Brown. The Smiths
predominant in Philadelphia. with a
battalion of 123, although the Biddle
family. which is so much part of
the City Of Brotherly Love, has -
members. The Joneses are TO he
found everywhere. except in Provi-
dence and Oakland Oakland has no.
body at all in society named Jackson.
Baltimore is entitled to have the most
Jenkinses present at any large social
function. In Chicago the Walkers fol-
low the Smiths in preference. while in
Providence the name Aldrich is the
open sesame to society. pittsburg has
the most I.aughlins. The Smiths are
at the fore in ST. Louis and st Paul,
and in Minneapolis the question of
prestige is a tie among the Washburns,
Winstons and Woodworths.
Summaries of the names which recur
In the various cities reveal some inter-
esting facts culled from this American
Almanach de GOtha. There are l49 of
the family of Adams in Is cities while
the "a Alexanders are distributed
through II cities. There are 81 Am
orys, and Boston society has them ALL
or the Biddle family, besides the - in
Philadelphia which have been men
toned, there are & in New York and
part of the parent stock which flourish
es in the city of Penn.
Five cities only have Appletons. of
whom there are 21 in Boston. II in
New York. . in Philadelphia, . in
st. Paul and l in Baltimore All of
ber of II, have not wandered away
from New York. OF the 35 Cabots 81
reside in Boston. The 213 of the house
of Davis are scattered through IS
cities, and they are the most numerous
in Washington. Nearly every city, or
10 Of the score, have some of the 163
Kings.
Strange differentiations in the spell
ing of names appear throughout the
volume. There are 239 of the family
of Clarke and 90 of the name with
out the terminal "e" Five ways are
offered for the spelling of what is
in effect the same name, as is seen in
such titles as Beal, Beale Beales, Beall
and Beals. 1t is shown in the tables
that there are 40 Reads, II Reeds and
81 Reids There are 50 who bear the
name of Robbins and 35 who leave out
one 50" and pronounce their name the
same way. Forty-two are called Stur-
gis and 81 Sturges.