George Kay was listed at No. 1 in the directories for 1878/79 and 1879/80. He appears to have then moved to 15 Spring Gardens, Abbeyhill, where he and his family were recorded in the 1881 census. George Kay was born at Leith on 28 August 1847, son of William Kay and Jane Gavin. In 1881…
Alex Wood & Son, photo-lithographic artists and zincotypers, were listed at No. 1 from 1882 to 1884. This may have been a business address, as Alexander Wood and his family were recorded living nearby at 6 St Bernard’s Row in 1881, and the St Bernard’s Row address is also in the post office directories. Alexander…
Sarah Mack, a widow, lived at No. 1 from 1901 to 1906. In the 1901 census she was described as an annuitant, born c.1830 in Edinburgh. Sarah Scott Clarkson married David Ireland Mack, a banker, on 1 December 1858 at Ardrossan. He died at Ardrossan in 1894. She died at Ealing 25 October 1908.
Robert Graham Cochrane lived at No. 1 between 1881 and 1884. In 1885, he was recorded as a proprietor. He was secretary at the Scottish Provincial Assurance Company, whose Edinburgh office was at 10 North St David Street. Robert G Cochrane was born on 16 May 1848 at Covington, Lanarkshire, son of farmer John Cochrane…
Campbell White and his young family were at No. 1 at the time of the census in 1901. He was a bookbinder and finisher, born in Edinburgh on 31 December 1872, son of house painter Alexander White and Agnes Mackenzie. He died at Drumseugh Gardens on 2 January 1930. In 1898 Cambell White married Helen…
George Brown, a law clerk, lived at No. 1 from 1881 to about 1887. He was born at Monimail, Fife on 22 December 1844, son of John Brown and Isabella Yule. He married Margaret Buttercase there on 15 August 1879, and their first child, Isabella Brown was born at Comely Bank, Edinburgh on 4 June…
John Hill, a builder, and his family were resident at No. 1 between 1869 and 1881. This was also the address of his business, John Hill & Sons. He was born at Lasswade in 1815. Around 1847 he leased land at Juniper Green, and built a house there which he named Hillmount. In 1851 he…
John Robertson was at No. 1 from 1887 to 1889.
James Johnston lived at No. 1 from about 1873 to 1877.[1] He was a baker and confectioner with business premises at 6 Glanville Place. James Johnston was born on 22 May 1824, at Liberton, the son of farm worker James Johnston and his wife Catherine Cleghorn.[2] In 1851, when still living with his parents at…
Evan Baillie Fraser Tant, a master butcher, was at No. 1 from 1898 to 1901. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 March 1866, son of William Tant, butcher, and Ann Plummer. He married Elizabeth Reid, widow of Hugh Rose Smith, on 12 February 1890. She and their four children, along with two daughters by…