John Logan and his family were recorded at Malta House in the census taken on 30 March 1851. Later that year the family moved to No. 6 Malta Terrace and remained there until 1855. John Logan, a commission agent in the grain trade, was born at Hutton, Berwickshire and baptised there on 17 April 1787,…
James Munro and his large family lived at No. 6 between 1841 and 1849. He was born in Ayr on 16 January 1803, son of James Monro, who sold provisions to soldiers (a suttler), and Ann McLean. In the 1841 census he was described as a dressing case maker, employed by Wilson & Co., dressing…
Duncan Grant McDougall, a teacher, lived at No. 6 between 1833 and 1840. Though he does not appear in the Post Office Directory before 1837-38, he was recorded at No. 6 in 1833, and may have begun living there a year or two earlier. Duncan Grant McDougall was born at Urquhart, Inverness about 1798. In…
Alexander Ponton, solicitor and procurator fiscal for the City of Edinburgh lived at No. 6 from about 1826 to 1829. He was born in Edinburgh on 12 August 1769, son of Alexander Ponton, a wright and measurer, and his wife Isobel Anderson. Alexander junior was a practising solicitor by 1795 and in 1807 was appointed…
Mrs John Grieve was the first occupant of No. 6 Malta Terrace. She was resident there between 1823 and 1825.[1] She was then listed at 12 North St David Street, until 1828, and then at Danube Street.[2] A Janet Grieve, aged 70 years, was recorded at 1 Danube Street in the 1841 census.[3] James Grieve,…