What is "tauxe"

Tauxe is a surname of French Swiss origin, with perhaps 40 or so individuals extant (in the United States) still bearing it. Many more Tauxes exist in the environs of Lausanne, Switzerland. It originated as a yeoman line in the 15th century, probably deriving its move to the bourgeousie from involvement in revenue operations ('taux' is French for 'tax' or 'tell' as in 'bank teller').

The US Tauxes trace their American roots to the family of Tauxes that moved from Switzerland to East Tennessee around 1886. They have not been able to establish links to the Tauxes that still inhabit Switzerland.