Hello list, Such a nice chat going on about confectioners, I'll chime in with my family's candy connection. The Robertson candy factory was located in downtown Toronto, Canada, just north of the historical part of the city surrounding the St. Lawrence Market area. The business is no more, but the building is still there, transformed into an exercise club! My connection with the Robertson family: My 2xgr-grandfather William VAIR, his mother, and his siblings all arrived in the Toronto area in the mid 19th century, coming from the Borders. William's youngest sister Elizabeth Scott (Lizzie) VAIR married Thomas R. ROBERTSON in 1864 in Toronto. 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. I can't speak to their factory products personally, but I think toffee bars were a staple of the Robertson company in Canada. Katherine Vair Paterson