Author Topic: Mystery Post Card to Master Thomas McKenzie, Selkirk  (Read 14706 times)

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Re: Mystery Post Card to Master Thomas McKenzie, Selkirk
« Reply #27 on: Friday 02 November 12 23:35 GMT (UK) »
"Master" as far as I know was often used to address a young boy.
Would a Victorian grandfather be addressed as "Master Tom Mckenzie"  c1911  :-\

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Re: Mystery Post Card to Master Thomas McKenzie, Selkirk
« Reply #28 on: Friday 02 November 12 23:41 GMT (UK) »
Not familiar with Victorian customs, I am not sure, but I suspect that you are right, and it was addressed to the son of William Hay McKenzie, who was Gardener at Dean Castle, and eventually emigrated to Canada in August 1910.  Perhaps it was a "goodbye" trip.