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 1833-1834. He was a plumber and glazier with business premises at 71 Northumberland Street. He was born in Edinburgh on 14 May 1804, son of James Dods, a wright in Broughton, and his wife Jean Landels. His first listing in the Post Office Directory in 1826, when he was…
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 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 registered as a chemist and druggist on 16 April 1889, and had chemist’s shop at 14 Deanhaugh Street (later…
John Roberts Baillie lived at No. 9 between 1914 and 1936. He was born at Bathgate on 02 October 1866, son of Thomas Baillie, a candlemaker, and his wife Agnes Roberts. In the 1881 Census, when he was 14 years old, he was described as a stationer’s clerk. He worked for the West Lothian Courier…
David Rose, a prominent Edinburgh builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born on 26 August 1880, at 16 Cumberland Street, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Mary Clinkscales Bell. His maternal grandfather was David Bell, at one time chairman…
Robert Gardner, a retired pharmacist, took up residence at No. 3 in 1912. He lived there until his death on 27 December 1929. He was born at Limekilns, Fife, on 28 July 1853, son of William Gardner, a marine pilot, and Catherine Bryce, and baptised on 21 August 1853 at United Association Burgh Seceders church….
Stuart Lunn, a recently qualified dentist, occupied No. 2 between 1911 and 1913. He was born in Edinburgh on 03 June 1886, son of Robert Lunn and Mary Ann Courtneidge, and grew up at No. 4 Malta Terrace. He was recorded in the 1911 census as living at No. 4. He was admitted Licentiate in…