Thank you Richard - I found Thomas ROBERTSON and his siblings, as well as another Robertson family on my father's side - a bonus! Katherine Vair Paterson (in response to...) Message: 3 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:56:34 -0500 From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Wholesale Confectioner/Robertson To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Paterson" <[email protected]> > snip Thomas R. ROBERTSON was born in Selkirkshire about 1836. He and his > brothers Gideon, George, William and Alexander are all listed as > "confectioners" on the various records I have found in the Ontario > Archives. I believe they emigrated with their parents around the same > time as my ancestors. > snip Katherine: I believe your Thomas ROBERTSON was born 11 Sep 1838, in Selkirk, Selkirk, the son of Jessie RUTHERFORD and Thomas ROBERTSON. To see the rest of the family, go to www.scotsfind.org and open the Robertson Scottish Birth & Baptism database sorted by families (i.e., mother's surname). Richard Robertson