The 7th Duke, born at Floors in 1839, would seem to be the best candidate for the trousers story. I think the 6th Duke was born about the same time as Benjamin. The first pair of trousers thing may refer to the boy being 'breeched'. I had a quick google and this might happen anytime after 3 or 4, sometimes up to 10 or 11 years old. Unlikely then that the Duke had his trewsers before 1841, so your man should be in Scotland at that date, probably leaving by 1845 when his son was born. It seems most likely that he would be in Kelso itself, which is not that huge, so that a search of the 1841 census film at an LDS centre shouldn't take more than a hour. Judy ---------- >From: "Charles Eldridge" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-ROX] Duke of Roxburgh's Tailor >Date: 26, Wed Nov, 2003, 9:17 am > > I am new to the list and wondering how to proceed with the following > information........... > > I am searching for a Benjamin ROBERTSON (c1819 Scotland -late 1880s) who > was a tailor and supposed to have been the tailor for the Duke of Roxburgh. > He is also supposedly to have made the first pair of trousers for the Duke > but this is all family lore. > > Eventually Benjamin and his family (wife unknown, son Robert and daughter > Cecilia) settled in London in 1850-1860s. Benjamin is found in the 1881 > census living (as a widower) with son Robert while Cecilia is married to > Samuel Buston. > > I have contacted Floors Castle and they inform me that Roxburgh papers are > held in the National Register of Archives (Scotland) but unfortunately > living in Kent, these are not easily accessible. > > Can anyone give me some advice on how to proceed. > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > Help us to improve this list by asking all your Roxburgh friends to > subscribe to 'SCT-ROXBURGH' > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >