John Logan and his family were recorded at Malta House in the census taken on 30 March 1851. Later that year the family moved to No. 6 Malta Terrace and remained there until 1855. John Logan, a commission agent in the grain trade, was born at Hutton, Berwickshire and baptised there on 17 April 1787,…
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,…
William George Muirhead was listed at Malta House in the directories from 1899, though he was living with his father James Muirhead and working in the same business as an auctioneer and fish salesman. His business address was the Newhaven fishmarket. His occupation in the 1901 census is given as commission agent. He was born…
John Gillot lived at Malta House from 1823 to about 1826. He was described as an agent in post office directories, and as a merchant in a court report in The Scotsman on 21 February 1827. By September 1827 he had moved to 5 Hermitage Place. He appears to have come to Edinburgh from Sheffield,…