To add to the exercise Les has carried out and posted here, a cousin of mine in Montrose, Angus married a lady there in 1853 who was born in Armagh in 1837. Having "Black's" would be invaluable but pursuing Parish records and lair details also might produce more information about origins, if they could afford a headstone. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> George asked )Since I have found the name in the OPR's of Banff and Aberdeen I am assuming that this is likely the area where he came from? Analysis of the 1841, 1861 and 1881 Censuses shows the following distribution of TAWSE: 1841 total 115 Aberdeenshire. 75 Aberdeen City. 9 Angus/Forfar. 1 Edinburgh City. 16 Kincardine. 13 Perthshire. 1 1861 total 167 Aberdeenshire. 84 Aberdeen City. 44 Angus/Forfar. 5 Dundee City. 4 Edinburgh City. 13 Fife. 3 Glasgow City. 2 Kincardine. 11 1881 total 284 Aberdeenshire. 135 Aberdeen City. 70 Angus/Forfar. 14 Dundee City. 6 Fife. 6 Glasgow City. 5 Inverness-shire. 1 Kincardine. 26 Midlothian. 3 Perthshire. 1 Ross & Cromarty. 1 In 1901 there were 270 of which 71 were in Aberdeen City and 102 in Aberdeenshire Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com