Tour Scotland Video David Tosh Gravestone Howff Cemetery Dundee

Tour Scotland video of the David Tosh, Boatman, gravestone, in the Howff graveyard cemetery in Dundee, Scotland. Erected by David Tosh in memory of his wife Agness Hall who died 28th January, 1843, aged 50.

Recorded as Tash, Tashe, Tasche, Tesh, and Tosh, this unusual surname is of early medieval English origin. It is a variant of the more familiar Ash or Nash, a topographical name from residence by a prominent ash tree. The derivation is from the early English phrase " atten asche ", or at the ash, which later became ate Assh, Nash, Tash, and others. Early examples of the surname include: William atte Nasche and John ater Aysse, noted in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex in 1273; Henry Aten Assche of Worcestershire, in 1301; Roger atte Ashe in Norfolk, in 1327; and Alan Tassh, recorded in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk also in 1327. Other recordings include examples such as that on December 21st 1611, of Elizabeth Tash, christened at St. Dunstan's in East Stepney, and on July 26th 1759, William Tosh, whose daughter Elisabeth, was christened at Swallow Street Scottish Church, city of London, England.

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