Mrs John Grieve

Mrs John Grieve was the first occupant of No. 6 Malta Terrace. She was resident there between 1823 and 1825.¹ She was then listed at 12 North St David Street, until 1828, and then at Danube Street.² A Janet Grieve, aged 70 years, was recorded at 1 Danube Street in the 1841 census.³

James Grieve, a clothier with premises in the High Street and then St Andrews Square, listed No. 6 as his residence between 1824 and 1826.⁴ He went bankrupt in 1826.⁵ He may have been the son of Mrs John Grieve.

1. PO Directories 1823-24, 1824-35, 1825-26.
2. PO Directories 1826-27, 1827-28 and 1828-29.
3. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. GREIVE, Janet. 685/2 09B/ 06. Ancestry collection ‘1841 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 November 2023.
4. PO Directories 1824-25 and 1825-26.
5. Advertisements. Caledonian Mercury. 03 June 1826. p. 3, col. 5. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 2 February 2024.