Alexander Fraser Dawson, a chemist, lived at No. 7. for almost fifty years, between 1904 and 1950. He was born on 11 June 1866, at New Deer, Aberdeenshire, son of Thomas Dawson, a railway inspector, and Mary Ogilvie Maxwell. He qualified as a chemist in 1889, and had a chemist’s shop at 14 Deanhaugh Street….
Robert Somerville, bookseller and stationer, lived at No. 7 from 1892 to 1896. The business premises of R & H Somerville were at 9 and 10 Spring Gardens. Robert Somerville was born at Newlands, Peebles on 17 May 1831, son of Hugh Somerville and Ann Laidlaw. Hugh Somerville and his family had moved to Portobello,…
James B Bennett was listed as resident from about 1897 at No. 7 Malta Terrrace, the former home of his business partner John Buchanan. About 1903 he moved to 2 Thorburn Road, Colinton. James Bower Bennett was born in Falkirk in 1859, the son of George Bennett, and was educated at Alloa Parish School and…
George Hamilton, S.S.C., was resident at No. 7 from 1892 to 1897. He moved to 24 Pitt Street, where he was living in the house of his step-father Robert Somerville at the time of the 1901 census. He was described as law agent in 1901, and in 1891, before coming to live in Malta Terrace,…
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…
Isabella Mcfarlan, widow of Walter McFarlan, lived at No. 7 with her family from about 1881 to 1892. The post office directories list her as Mrs McFarlan. She was born Isabella Barnet Aitchison, on 18 March 1849, daughter of James Aitchison and Jane Swan. Isabella Aitchison married Walter McFarlan on 27 September 1870, in Edinburgh,…
George Trimble and his family lived at No. 7 for about ten years, between 1868 and 1879. He was a civil engineer and later partner in the firm of Trimble and Peddie Ltd. which played a big role in the development of Edinburgh’s suburban railways. George Trimble was born in 1828 at Curthwaite in the…
Janet Cleland was listed as householder at No. 7 from about 1845 until her death there on 14 April 1862. She was born Janet Walker on 5 September 1790, daughter of Robert Walker and Janet Walker; and married William Cleland on 4 September 1813. William Cleland, a merchant in Edinburgh died in 1836, and his…
The directories of 1846/47, 1847/48 and 1848/49 list Mrs Helen Cleland at No. 7. These entries may be errors for Janet Cleland, or Helen Cleland was a relative.
Mrs Euphemia Turnbull lived at No. 7 from about 1839 to 1841. She was born Euphemia Mackie (c.1790) and was the widow of John Turnbull, a grocer in Rose Street, who died in 1821. In 1841 three of their children were living with her at No. 7, Agnes Turnbull (born in 1808), John Turnbull, a…