William Thomson M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E. was listed at No. 4 in 1883-84.[1] He was an Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He was born on 31 December 1856 at Kirkton of Mailer, Perthshire, son of Robert Thomson and Eliza Ronaldson.[2] He graduated M.A., B.Sc. in mathematics and natural philosophy in 1878 and took…
Ann Anderson Thomson lived at No. 4 from 1865 to 1872. She was born in Edinburgh on 5 September 1819, daughter of Edward Thomson and Marion Laidlaw. Edward Thomson was Inspector of the Poor for Canongate parish. In the 1871 census, Ann Thomson was described as living on houses, dividends and interest. She died, unmarried,…
James F Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, was at No. 4 from about 1856 to 1864. James Forman Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire in June 1811, son of Alexander Forman and Grizel Forman. He married Ann Edgar White, daughter of Robert White and Ann Edgar, on 15 July 1841, in Edinburgh….
James Lawson, W.S., lived at No. 4 from about 1846 to 1853. He was born about 1795, son of Peter Lawson, a seedsman in Edinburgh. He was a legal apprentice to James Laidlaw, and admitted W.S. on 19 June 1818. He died on 27 February 1864. In april 1826, James Lawson married Margaret Clark, youngest…
William Napier, a music teacher, lived with his family at No. 4 from about 1837 to 1844. He was born in Midlothian c.1800 and married Elizabeth Richardson on 19 May 1818, at Edinburgh. They had eight of their children living at No. 4 at the time of the 1841 census: Sophia Napier (born 3 March…
Mrs James Walker was listed at No. 4 in the directories from 1832/33 to 1836/37. She appears to have then moved to 29 St Bernard’s Crescent, where she is listed until 1841. Jane Somerville married James Walker at Athelstaneford, East Lothian on 21 October 1828. He was a farmer. She was born at Athelstaneford on…
Thomas S Melville was at No. 4 in 1895/96, and at No. 5 from 1896 until after 1901. Thomas Scott Melville, was a bank clerk, born in Glasgow about 1850. His wife, Maria Wermjas Melville, was born in England about 1845. They had two children living with them in 1901, Jane Scott Melville (b. 1881)…
John Buchanan lived at No. 4 from 1872 to 1883, when he moved to No. 7 where he lived until 1890. John Buchanan was born in Edinburgh c.1842. He appears to have been unmarried, and in 1881 was living at No. 4 Malta Terrace with his sister Mary. Like his partner John Bower Bennett he…