Mrs John Grieve was the first occupant of No. 6 Malta Terrace. She was resident there between 1823 and 1825. She was then listed at 12 North St David Street, until 1828, and then at Danube Street. A Janet Grieve, aged 70 years, was recorded at 1 Danube Street in the 1841 census. James Grieve,…
Thomas Wishart and his family lived at No. 4 between 1869 and 1871. He was born in 1830 at Kirkcaldy, Fife, son of James Wishart, a shoemaker, and Violet Dick. He began his working life as a shoemaker, but in the 1861 census his occupation was given as warehouseman in the flint glass trade. Ten…
John Edward Vernon, jeweller, watchmaker and optician, lived at No. 4 from 1865 to 1869. His business premises were at 54 Leith Street. He was born in Edinburgh in 1821, son of Thomas Vernon and Ann Elizabeth Harker, who were married at Hanover Square, London on 05 January 1806. Thomas Vernon was a lapidary. John…
Robert Lunn and his family lived at No. 4 from 1896 to 1929. Robert Hume Lunn was a plumber and gasfitter, with business premises at 3 Deanhaugh Street. He was born about 1855 in Edinburgh, son of James Lunn, a joiner, and Mary McDougall. Aged 16, he was described as a plumber in the 1871…
James Hay, who worked for the North British Railway, lived at No. 4 from about 1892 to 1895. He was born in Edinburgh on 08 July 1842, son of Alexander Hay, artist and portrait painter, and his wife Jean Mitchell. He spent most of his working life with the North British Railway Company, progressing from…
Alfred Wright, a physician, lived at Malta House from about 1858 to 1861. He was absent, visiting a cousin in Derbyshire, for the 1861 census but his wife and family were recorded at Malta House. He was born at Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia on 23 September 1825, son of Rev. Joseph Wright, rector at Horton,…
Robert Somerville, bookseller, publisher and stationer, lived at No. 7 from 1892 to 1897. The business premises of R & H Somerville were at 9 and 10 Spring Gardens. Robert Somerville was born at Newlands, Peebles on 17 May 1831, son of Hugh Somerville and Ann Laidlaw. He was described as a shopman in 1852,…
James Burnet was listed at No. 4 in the Post Office Directory of 1889-90 and at 1 St Bernard’s Crescent the following year. He was born at Cramond on 21 July 1845, son of Charles Burnet and Janet Gillespie. His father, a farmer at Lauriston, died three years later. In 1871, James Burnet was farming…
William Thomson M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E. was listed at No. 4 in 1883-84. He was an Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He was born on 31 December 1856 at Kirkton of Mailer, Perthshire, son of Robert Thomson and Eliza Ronaldson. He graduated M.A., B.Sc. in mathematics and natural philosophy in 1878 and took…
Ann Anderson Thomson, John Edward Vernon’ sister-in-law, lived at No. 4 between 1865 and 1872. She was born in Edinburgh on 5 September 1819, daughter of Edward Thomson and Marion Laidlaw. Edward Thomson was Inspector of the Poor for Canongate parish. In the 1871 census, Ann Thomson was described as living on houses, dividends and…