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…
James Bruce Gairn, a clerk, lived at No. 1 from 1891 to 1898. He was born about 1845 in Edinburgh.
George Graham lived at No. 1 from about 1887 to 1890. He was probably the George Graham, clerk, who was recorded with his family at 12 St Vincent Street in the 1891 census. He was born about 1849 at Leith.
Robert Stenhouse and his family lived at No. 1 from 1876 to 1882. When he moved to Malta Terrace, he was assistant secretary to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Robert Stenhouse was born about 1838 at Kincardine on Forth, son of Robert Stenhouse and Helen Drysdale. By 1851, the family had moved to Alva,…
Sarah Waller and her family were at No. 1 from between 1870 and 1873. She was the wife of Richard Hardress Waller, a land agent who was resident in Londonderry. Sarah Skipton married Richard H. Waller on 20 October 1853, at Greencastle, Donegal, Ireland. She was born about 1828 at Londonderry, daughter of landowner Pitt…