James Denholm

James Denholm, ‘writer’, was listed at No. 1 from 1870 to 1873.¹ In the 1871 census his occupation was clerk in a stationery business.² He was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire on 21 November 1847, son of Alexander Denholm and Helen Smith.³ The family moved to Edinburgh about 1852.⁴ Alexander Denholm, a coachman and hostler, died before 1871,⁵ when James Denholm along with his mother and brother were living at No. 1 Malta Terrace. They moved to London Street,⁶ where James Denholm was recorded in the 1881 census as a master letter press printer employing 14 men, 12 boys and 3 girls in a printing business.⁷ He died of phthisis (tuberculosis) on 25 November 1885 at 9 Shandon Crescent. He was unmarried.⁸

James Denholm’s mother, Helen Smith, married Alexander Denholm on 16 July 1847, at Findo Gask, Perthshire.⁹ She was born at Trinity Gask on 28 October 1822, daughter of blacksmith John Smith and his wife Janet Cunningham.¹⁰ She was living on private means at 9 Shandon Crescent in 1891¹¹ and died in 1894.¹²

John Denholm, James’ younger brother, was living at No. 1 in 1871, when he was a miller.¹³ He was born at Kilwinning on 09 June 1850.¹⁴ He married Marion Lillias Gibson in 1877¹⁵ and moved to London where he worked as a wharf clerk and had a large family.¹⁶

1. PO Directories 1870-71, 1871-72 and 1872-73.
2. Census records. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. DENHOLM, James. 685/1 88/ 11. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 February 2011.
3. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 1855. DENHOLM, James (born 25 November 1847). 685/2 390 321. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
4. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 1855. DENHOLM, Alexander Smith (born 31 December 1852). 685/2 390 321. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
5. Census records. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. DENHOLM, Helen (widow). 685/1 88/ 11. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 February 2011. The only possible death registration for Alexander DENHOLM is for a pauper who died in Linlithgow in 1870 (Deaths (SR) Scotland. Linlithgow. 28 January 1870, DENHOLM, Alexander. 668/ 4. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
6. PO Directory 1873-74.
7. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. DENHOLM, Helen (Head). 685/2 86/ 03. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
8. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 25 November 1885. DENHOLM, James. 685/1 991. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
9. Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. Findo Gask, Perthshire. 16 July 1847. DENHOLM, Alexander and SMITH, Helen. 352/ 20 67. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
10. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Trinity Gask, Perthshire. 28 October 1822. SMITH, Helen. 396/ 30 08. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
11. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. DENHOLM, Helen (Head). 685A/2 107/ 10. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
12. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1894. DENHOLM, Helen (age 71). 685/1 1000. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
13. Census records. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. DENHOLM, James. 685/1 88/ 11. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 February 2011.
14. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 1855. DENHOLM, John (born 09 June 1850). 685/2 390 321. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
15. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1877. DENHOLM, John and GIBSON, Marion Lillias. 685/2 427. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
16. Census records. England. Shadwell & Radcliffe, London. 02 April 1911. DENHOLM, John (Head). RG14/1532/62. https://findmypast.co.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.