Gareth, There were only two on the 1881 Census born in Scotland in the 1871-1873 range: Dwelling Rose Cottage, Blair Athole, Perth, Scotland Thos MacNaughton, Head, General Labourer, 55, Born Dull Perth Scotland Ann " Wife 48 " Donald " Son General Labourer 21 Moulin Perth Dolina " Daur in Law 20 Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Thos " Son Scholar 9 Blair Athole Perth Also in household were Thos MacGregor and James Cameron, Boarders Dwelling 209 Stobcross Street, Barony, Lanark, Scotland Thomas McNaught, Head, Moulder, 55 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Maria " Wife 48 " James " Son Moulder 16 " Thomas " Son Scholar 10 " Maria " Dau " 7 " Also in household were John Deans and Alexander Alexander, Lodgers Regards, Win MacKenzie >Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:47:13 +0200 >From: Gareth McNaughton <[email protected]> >Subject: [SCOTLAND] : McNaughton >To: [email protected] > >Hi there > >I have forgotten my geography after so many years so I'm not sure which >list I should be joining. I am trying to trace my grandfather Thomas >McNaughton who was born in 1871-73. I was told in the beginning that he >was born in Middlesbrough / Stockton / Thornaby , England. After a >number of years searching in those areas I have heard that there maybe a >possibility that he was in fact born in Scotland. > >He appears in the 1901 UK census with his wife Mary Ann and daughters. >There is a mention in the 1891 Census of a Thomas McNaughton born in >Scotland in 1873 who was lodging in Stockton, Co Durham with the trade >of ships riveter. I do know that he worked in the local ship yards in >the Middlesbrough area as a riveter since my father worked as his >Riveter Heater or Catchers Boy. > >I have been unable to find him in the 1881 Census. > >Would I be right in assuming that Glasgow was the main shipbuilding area >in Scotland in those days? If so would there be a "List" more localised >to Glasgow that I should join? > >Regards > >Gareth McNaughton > >