Ellen Kinloch

Mrs Thomas Kinloch occupied No. 6 between 1897 and 1900.¹ She was Ellen Stuart McKechnie, widow of Thomas Kinloch, and born in Glasgow on 28 August 1830, daughter of William McKechnie, a writer, and his wife Jane Stuart.²

She married Thomas Kinloch at 63 John Street, Glasgow on 11 July 1862.³ Thomas Kinloch’s career began as a clerk for an iron works.⁴ He then worked as a commercial traveller and was a clerk again by 1881.⁵ Thomas Kinloch died at Greenock on 24 December 1884.⁶

Before taking up residence at No. 6, Mrs Ellen McKechnie Kinloch was listed in the Electoral Register for 1895-96 as a lodging-house keeper at 8 Bruntsfield Place.⁷ In 1901 she was at 37 Comely Bank Road.⁸ She died the following year, on 06 February 1902.⁹

1. PO Directories 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-00.
2. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Glasgow. 28 August 1830. McKECHNIE, Ellen Stuart. 644/1 330 18. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.
3. Marriage announcements. Scotland. Glasgow Courier. 17 July 1862. p. 03, col. 06. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.
4. Census records. Scotland. Barony, Lanarkshire. 30 March 1851. KINLOCH, Thomas (Lodger). 622/ 16/ 21. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 07 September 2021.
5. Census records. Scotland. Greenock, Renfrewshire. 03 April 1881. KINLOCH, Thomas (Head). 564/1 19/ 09. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.
6. Testamentary records. Scotland. 12 March 1885. KINLOCH, Thomas. Confirmation. Paisley. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 25 September 2021.
7. Register of Voters for the City of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith. 1895-1896. Sl56/41, p. 251. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.
8. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 31 March 1901. KINLOCH, Ellen (Head). 685/1 67/ 18. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.
9. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. KINLOCH, Ellen Stuart (aged 71). 685/1 154. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 27 September 2021.