Doug, where the surname goes in a message is entirely up to the inserter /
publisher. There is no hard and fast rule that says a surname goes first in
a newspaper notice.
Dawn M
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The general rule seems to be that the first name is a surname and the other
two are a given name and always used together, e.g. Lee Lin Chin, formerly
of SBS. In her farewell, the speaker referred to her as "Lin Chin." But the
notice really doesn't support me. Therefore, I would go along with Shari.
Doug.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019
18:42:54 +1100 Shari-Lei McLean <shari.darkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I did a quick google search and it appears "YEE WAN" is often a
surname. My guess would be "Soo" is the first name and "Annie" is
known as.
YEE WAN, Soo (Annie)
But I may very well be incorrect.
Good luck!
Shari
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 6:29 PM David and Sandra Bales
<sdbales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Any suggestions as to what is the surname and what is the given
name/ names?
There was no other matching item in the Ryerson Index ( that I could
find) nor was there any further notice in the two following issues
in a small weekly paper.
David
