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