Frances M. Saleeby lived at No. 3 from 1891 until 1905. She was recorded there in the census on 05 April 1891[1] and listed as Mrs Elias Saleeby in directories from 1893-94.[2] She was Frances Maria Williams or Saleeby, the wife of Elias Geris Yousef Saleeby. Frances Maria Williams was born at York in 1838,[3]…
Frederick Smith and his family lived at No. 3 between 1881 and 1891.[1] Frederick Smith was born at Cambridge in October 1845, son of Charles Amos Smith and his wife Elizabeth Chapman.[2] He was a schoolmaster in Cambridge, recorded there in the 1871 census,[3] before taking up a post at Dollar Academy. Shortly after moving…
T Alex Hill, printseller and publisher to the Queen and Royal Scottish Academy, was resident No. 3 in 1879/80. Thomas Alexander Hill was born in Edinburgh about 1833, son of publisher Alexander Hill (died 1860) and nephew of the photograph pioneer David Octavius Hill (1802-1870). His business premises were at 13 South Castle Street. T…
Kenneth McLeay RSA lived at No. 3 from about 1868 to 1879. He was born in Oban, in 1802. He studied at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh. He was a Foundation Associate Member of the Scottish Academy – and became RSA from 1839 He was a chiefly a watercolour portrait painter, producing both miniature and…
The PO Directory lists Mrs J. F. Carmichael at No. 3 from 1865 to 1868. This was Christina Brown Graham, widow of James Ferrier Carmichael. Christina (or Christian) Brown Graham was born c.1815, daughter of John Graham, grocer, and Charlotte Brown. She married James Ferrier Carmichael at St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh on 6 July 1837. J….
Joseph Martin, a paymaster in the Royal Navy, was listed at No. 3 in 1863-64.[1] The previous year he was at Trinity Lodge, Edinburgh, and the following year (1864-65),[2] he does not appear in the Edinburgh PO Directory. In 1871, Joseph Martin’s family were resident at Saltash, Cornwall[3] and he was recorded in the census…
James Fairbairn, a banker, lived at No. 3 from about 1858 to 1862.[1] He was born in Edinburgh on 14 March 1817, son of bookseller John Fairbairn and his wife Sarah Morris.[2] Before moving to Malta Terrace, he lived at 25 Warriston Crescent, where he was living with his parents at the time of the…
Frances Ronaldson and her family lived at No. 3 between 1843 and 1853.[1] She was the widow of John Ronaldson in Loquhariot who died on 27 October 1834.[2] She was born Frances Torrance on 11 October 1789, daughter of James Torrance in Oxgangs and Anne Howie,[3] and died at Haverstock-hill, London on 29 September 1863.[4]…
John Wilson Pillans lived briefly at No. 3 in 1841 and 1842. He and his family were recorded there in the census on 06 June 1841,[1] and he was listed there in the directory for 1841-42. He was at 09 Salisbury Place in 1842-43, before moving to 17 George Square, where the family were recorded…
Mrs M’Farquhar was listed at No. 3 from 1835 to 1838, when she moved to 18 Fettes Row. Bethia Brown was born at Dunsyre, Lanarkshire on 17 May 1765, and was the daughter of Lawrence Brown and Anna Lawson. She married John McFarquhar, W.S., at Edinburgh on 11 October 1793. He died on 10 June…