42nd Regiment

[cdnsctgirl]

Thanks to Ancestry and their surprise 1841 Scotland census transcription, I found who I think is my great-great-great-grandfather living at Stirling Castle in Stirling, Scotland. (Scotland's People must have transcribed it incorrectly, because it never came up on their searches before, yet when I looked at the actual page on their site my ancestor's name is clearly there.) He was part of the 42nd Regiment (Black Watch), listed as a Drummer. He was with a bunch of other soldiers, and I'm guessing they were stationed at the castle at the time.

I haven't been able to find my ancestor in the 1851 census. He was married in Aberdeen in late 1851, but before that I don't know where he was. I'm guessing he was with his regiment, as he appears to be a bit of a career soldier (family legend says he died in or just after the Crimean War).

My question is this: would the 42nd Regiment all have been stationed in one place? If I find out where that place was at the time of the 1851 census, will I be any more likely to find this elusive ancestor?

Thanks,

Sarah