Labour Home Inmates

Information about some of the individual ‘inmates’ of the Labour Home at Malta House was recorded in the censuses of 19111 and 1921.2

Year First name Surname Age Year of birth Marital status Occupation Place of birth
1911 William Hunter 32 1879 Single Trawl fisherman Edinburgh
1911 George Porteus 69 1842 Widowed Rubber worker Dalkeith
1911 James Gilbert 32 1879 Single Valet Edinburgh
1911 John McGinty 32 1879 Married Labourer Glasgow
1911 James High 44 1867 Single Labourer London
1911 John Anderson 45 1866 Widowed Warehouse porter Glasgow
1911 William Auld 48 1863 Single Draper Wishaw
1911 Joseph Wilson 30 1881 Single Compositor Edinburgh
1911 Archibald Munroe 29 1882 Single Labourer Paisley
1911 Ninian W. Calderwood 53 1858 Single Vanman Neilston
1911 Andrew Steedman 46 1865 Married Groom Edinburgh
1911 C. H. Glass 58 1853 Married Labourer Kinross
1911 Alexander Reid 50 1861 Widowed Pavior’s sizer London
1911 Joseph Hannah 32 1879 Single Invalid attendant Glasgow
1911 David Moore 34 1877 Widowed Joiner Ireland
1911 John Simpson 50 1861 Single Cork butler Aberdeen
1911 William Brown 40 1871 Widowed Joiner Ireland
1911 James Laidlaw 55 1856 Single Coachman England
1911 John Main 20 1891 Single Vanman Stirling
1911 Graham Allan 46 1865 Single Groom Dundee
1911 James Miller 58 1853 Single Brass moulder Edinburgh
1911 James Darling 30 1881 Single Engineer Pencaitland
1911 John Scott 35 1876 Single Labourer Glasgow
1911 John Scott 44 1867 Widowed Labourer Glasgow
1911 Alexander Hutchison 25 1886 Single Barman Dalmeny
1911 Charles Christie 21 1890 Single Groom Stirling
1911 Peter Swanson 49 1862 Married Stone mason Edinburgh
1911 John Bisset 38 1873 Single Plasterer Edinburgh
1911 William D. Maher 34 1877 Single Labourer England
1911 Joseph Clark 56 1855 Widowed Grocer (retired) Edinburgh
1921 Andrew Skedd 68 1853 Single Kitchenman Edinburgh
1921 David Kerr 50 1871 Single Porter Edinburgh
1921 Robert Pender 35 1887 Single Carter Newcastle
1921 Henry Sherwood 50 1872 Widowed Timber clerk Manchester
1921 Hugh Macauly 62 1859 Single Gardener Dalkeith
1921 Alex Thomson 35 1886 Single Clerk Leith
1921 Robert Gibson 53 1868 Widowed Shipwright Sydney, NSW
1921 William S. Taylor 61 1860 Single Clerk Liberton
1921 David Hendry 52 1870 Single Clerk Dundee
1921 Robert Dunlop 45 1877 Single Dentist Glasgow
1921 James Gunn 61 1861 Widowed Fireman Glasgow
1921 John Gillis 62 1859 Single Compositor Dalkeith
1921 John Muchersie 53 1868 Single Bookseller Perth
1921 John Shaw 49 1873 Single Labourer Glasgow
1921 William Dalgleish 61 1860 Single Photographer Hawick
1921 John MacDonald 65 1857 Single Clerk Edinburgh
1921 George Fraser 57 1865 Single Clerk Edinburgh
1921 David Whytock 46 1876 Single Bookbinder Edinburgh
1921 Frank Lees 29 1892 Single Labourer Edinburgh
1921 James Walker 67 1854 Single Lorryman North Berwick

References

  1. Census records. Scotland. St Bernard’s, Edinburgh. 02 April 1911. 685/1 25/ 04/ 05-06. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 July 2017.
  2. Census records. Scotland. St Bernard’s, Edinburgh. 19 June 1921. 685/1 03/ 17-18. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 30 November 2022.