Alexander Wight, dairyman, and his family were recorded at No. 1 in the 1911 Census. He was born at Newbattle on 5 May 1857, son of blacksmith Alexander Wight (1823-1896) and his wife Margaret Robb (1821-1916). The family moved to Dalkeith when he was young, and in 1871 he was working there as a blacksmith,…
Antonio Gargaro, ice cream dealer, is recorded in the 1905 Valuation Roll as a tenant and occupier at No. 1 Malta Terrace. He was born in Italy about 1869. He was recorded in the 1901 Census at 6 West Richmond Street, occupation ice cream maker. In 1903, he was listed as a confectioner at 2…
Joseph Dods occupied Malta House in 1833/34. He was a plumber and glazier with business premises at 71 Northumberland Street. He was born in Edinburgh on 5 June 1804, son of James Dods and Jean Landels. His wife Mary Hawkins at Malta House in July 1834, at the age of 26. They were married on…
Robert Fraser Esq. took up residence at Malta House in 1818, after several years out of Scotland. He was married and had a son born there on 1 August 1818. A year later, he went to London with two daughters, leaving his wife and younger children at Malta House. Robert Fraser’s place of domicile was…
Margaret Gore was a domestic servant at No. 9 in 1911. She was born at Sanday, Orkney, 2 May 1867, daughter of John Goar and Margaret Muir. John Goar was a farmer at Viewfield. In 1901, she was cook at 20 Alva Street; and in 1891, a servant at 4 Warrender Park Terrace.
Alexander Fraser Dawson, a chemist, lived at No. 7. for almost fifty years, between 1904 and 1950. He was born on 11 June 1866, at New Deer, Aberdeenshire, son of Thomas Dawson, a railway inspector, and Mary Ogilvie Maxwell. He qualified as a chemist in 1889, and had a chemist’s shop at 14 Deanhaugh Street….
John Roberts Baillie lived at No. 9 from 1914. In the Valuation Rolls, his occupation is given as manager.
David Rose, a builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born in 1880, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Margaret Clinkscales Bell (1850-1928). His maternal grandfather was Dvaid Bell, at one time chairman of the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company, which…
Caroline Andrina Leslie was listed as householder at No. 8 in the Post Office Directory of 1930/31. The Valuation Roll of that year describes her as the proprietrix. She was born at Earlston, Berwickshire on 27 October 1886, daughter of Andrew Leslie and Helen Bain. She lived at No. 8 from a young age until…
Post Office Directories list a Miss Leslie as householder at No. 8 between 1904 and 1931. The 1911 census lists Miss Margaret Leslie as head of the household, and the 1920 valuation roll lists her as proprietor. Margaret Leslie was born 4 March 1843 at Earlston, Berwickshire, daughter of clothier and tailor, Andrew Leslie and…