Anne Lennox Blackie was recorded at No. 5 in the census of 1851, along with her four daughters. She was born c.1806 at Columbia, South Carolina, daughter of Burridge Purvis and Mary Brown. The widowed Mary Brown or Purvis was living at No. 5. Anne Purvis married William Lennox Blackie, a merchant from Dundee, 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)…
Alexander Smart, coal merchant, lived at No. 5 from 1891 to 1895. He was born at Hawick on 27 November 1838, son of Alexander Smart and Agnes Prest. He served in the navy before settling in Edinburgh as a coal merchant. In 1861 he was an assistant engineer, 3rd class, on H.M.S. Dee, at Plymouth….
John Kerr Craig, minister at the Dean Street United Presbyterian church, lived at No. 5 from about 1883 to 1887. Born at Lochwinnoch on 2 September 1844, John Craig was ordained at Ramsbottom in 1871. Between 1872 and 1882 he served at Ancoats, Manchester, and was inducted at Dean Street, Edinburgh on 19 October 1882….
Jane Aitchison was resident at No. 5 from about 1868 to 1883. She was born at Earlston, Berwickshire c.1827, the daughter of Robert Swan, land steward, and Isabella Burnett. Jane Swan married James Aitchison on 27 March 1848, in Edinburgh. James Aitchison was born at Lilliesleaf in 1808, and died about 1870. His widow died…
Samuel Bough, regarded as one of the most influential watercolourists of his time, noted for painting in the open-air, was resident at No. 5 from about 1856 to 1867. He was born on 8 January 1822 at Carlisle, the son of a shoemaker. After a short apprenticeship with a London engraver Bough returned to Carlisle…
Mary Purvis lived at No. 5 from about 1848 to 1853. She was born Mary Brown in Charleston, South Carolina, c.1779, and was the widow of Burridge Purvis (1770-1816) of Glassmount. Burridge Purvis, a cotton trader, purchased Glassmount in 1808. He died at sea travelling back to Scotland in 1816. Mary Brown died in 1861….
John Steel, writer and clerk to the Jury Court, was resident at No. 5 from about 1823 until his death there on 31 December 1846. He was born c.1880, son of Robert Steel, a writer in Lanark, who also died at No. 5 Malta Terrace, on 25 August 1831. John Steel was described as Assistant…