Category: Below Stairs

Matilda Dickson was a domestic servant at No. 6 in 1871. She was born at Leith on 2 August 1853, daughter of John Dickson, a ship’s carpenter, and Mary Tait. On 26 January 1872, aged 18, she married Charles Hanson, a merchant seaman. She was soon widowed, and died on 14 July 1880 at the…

Margaret Gardiner was a servant at No. 5 Malta Terrace in 1871. She was the youngest servant recorded in the street, born in Edinburgh about 1858.

Mary Hospital was a servant at No. 1 Malta Terrace (now 7 St Bernard’s Row) in 1871. She was born in Glasgow in 1856.

Jessie Moir was a servant in John Hill’s household at No. 1 Malta Terrace in 1871. She was born at Olrig, Caithness in 1851.