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. John Hill was born at Lasswade in 1815, son of Archibald Hill and Marion Paris. In 1841 he was described as a joiner. When the 1851 census…
John Robertson lived at No. 1 between 1887 and 1889. According to the Electoral Register he was a clerk.
James Johnston lived at No. 1 from about 1873 to 1877. 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. In 1851, when still living with his parents at…
Evan Baillie Fraser Tant, a master butcher, was at No. 1 / 7 St Bernard’s Row for a decade, from 1898 to 1909. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 March 1866, son of William Tant, also a butcher, and Ann Plummer. Evan B.F. Tant was working as a butcher at the age of 15…
James Bruce Gairn lived at No. 1 between 1885 and 1898. He was born in Edinburgh on 24 January 1845, son of bootmaker Andrew Gairn and his wife Helen Bruce. At the age of 16, he is recorded in the 1861 Census at 180 Rose Street, occupation “boot closer”. At the time of the 1891…
George Graham was resident at No. 1 between 1887 and 1890. He appears to have moved to 12 St Vincent Street in 1890-91, where he and his family were recorded in the 1891 census. George Graham was born in Leith on 03 April 1849, son of James Graham, Deputy Dock Master at Leith, and Alison…
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…