A Mrs Hogg was resident at No. 9 for about two years, 1839-1840. This was most almost certainly Margaret Phillips, widow of James Hogg, “the Ettrick Shepherd,” who was recorded in the 1841 census at 14 St Bernard’s Crescent. She was born c.1790, daughter of Peter Phillips (1749-1826), farmer in Longbridgemuir, Dumfriesshire. Margaret Phillips married James Hogg at Kelso on 28 April 1820. They had five children before he died in 1835. Margaret Phillips, described as “a sensible, affectionate woman”, died at Linlithgow on 15 November 1870.
The children of James Hogg and Margaret Phillips, listed at St Bernard’s Crescent in 1841, probably also lived at No. 9 between 1839 and 1840. They were James Hogg (born c. 1820), Jessie Hogg (born c. 1822), Margaret Hogg (born 18 January 1825), Harriet Hogg (born 18 December 1827) and Mary Hogg (born 21 August 1831).