John Logan

John Logan and his family were recorded at Malta House in the census taken on 30 March 1851.¹ Later that year the family moved to No. 6 Malta Terrace² and remained there until 1855.³ John Logan, a commission agent in the grain trade, was born at Hutton, Berwickshire and baptised there on 17 April 1787, son of John Logan in New Edrom and Elizabeth Dodds.⁴ On leaving Malta Terrace he moved to 9 West Claremont Street, where he died on 06 April 1866.⁵

John Logan married Isabella Logan on 04 June 1811, at Coldingham.⁶ She was the daughter of Lieutenant David Logan and Ann Hall, baptised at Berwick-upon-Tweed on 06 April 1794.⁷ She was living in Berwick in 1871,⁸ and died on 15 October 1877.⁹

Five of John Logan’s children, all unmarried, were living at Malta House in 1851 and are likely to have moved to No. 6 with their parents.

• John Logan was born on 30 June 1815 and baptised at Oldhamstocks on 19 July 1815.¹⁰ Aged 35, he was unmarried in 1851, but the census did not record an occupation.¹¹
• Richard Logan was born on 31 March 1823 and baptised at Oldhamstocks on 06 May 1823. His occupation was recorded as chemist in 1851.¹² He married Helen Martine at 31 Scotland Street on 14 April 1859,¹³ and died there on 01 June 1862.¹⁴
• Elizabeth Dods Logan was baptised at Oldhamstocks, East Lothian on 06 October 1828.¹⁵ She married George Logan Esq., farmer at Hume Hall, Berwickshire on 28 April 1857, at 5 West Claremont Street, Edinburgh.¹⁶ She died on 01 February 1904.¹⁷
• Isabella Wilhelmina Hall Logan was born about 1830, in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian.¹⁸ She married John Chirnside, who was a surgeon living in Saxe Coburg Place when he died in 1869.¹⁹ She lived in Albany Street between 1886 and 1901,²⁰ and died on 13 December 1922 at 1 Blackford Road, Edinburgh.²¹
• Mary Logan was born about 1834, at Oldhamstocks, East Lothian.²²

1. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. LOGAN, John. 685/2 29B. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
2. PO Directory 1851-52.
3. PO Directory 1854-55.
4. Baptisms (OPT) Scotland. Hutton, Berwickshire. 17 April 1787. LOGAN, John. 745/ 20/ 94. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 12 October 2024.
5. Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Edrom, Berwickshire. 06 April 1866. LOGAN, John. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184276236/john-logan: accessed 12 October 2024.
6. Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. Coldingham, Berwickshire. 04 June 1811. LOGAN, John and LOGAN, Isabella. 732/ 60/ 364. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 12 October 2024.
7. Baptisms (PR) England. Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. 06 April 1794. LOGAN, Isabella. Ancestry collection ‘England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 12 October 2024.
8. Census records. England. Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. 02 April 1871. LOGAN, Isabella. RG10/5183/28. Ancestry collection ‘1871 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
9. Death announcements. England. Berwick Advertiser. 19 October 1877. LOGAN. p. 3, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 12 October 2024.
10. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Oldhamstocks, East Lothian. 19 July 1815. LOGAN, John. 714/ 10/ 397. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 November 2023.
11. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. LOGAN, John (Head). 685/2 29B/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1851 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
12. Census records. Op. cit.
13. Marriage announcements. Scottish Press. 19 April 1859. LOGAN, Richard and MARTINE, Helen. p. 6, col. 1. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 November 2023.
14. Death announcements. Caledonian Mercury. 03 June 1862. LOGAN, Richard. p. 4, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
15. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Oldhamstocks, East Lothian. 06 May 1823. LOGAN, Richard. 714/ 20/ 12. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 November 2023.
16. Marriage announcements. Edinburgh News and Literary Chronicle. 02 May 1857. LOGAN, George and LOGAN, Elizabeth Dodds. p. 5, col. 4. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
17. Monumental inscriptions. Scotland.
18. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. LOGAN, John (Head). 685/2 29B/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1851 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
19. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1869. CHIRNSIDE, John.
20. Nineteenth century residents of Albany Street. Number 48 – Information on residents. https://sites.google.com/site/albanystreetedinburgh/home/house-list/number-48/number-48—information-on-other-residents: accessed 02 November 2023.
21. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Morningside, Edinburgh. 13 December 1922. CHIRNSIDE, Isabella Wilhelmina Hall. 685/7 995. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.
22. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. LOGAN, John (Head). 685/2 29B/ 10. Ancestry collection ‘1851 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 02 November 2023.