1858 – Residents of Malta Terrace

Alfred Wright

Posted on 30 January 2011 by admin

Alfred Wright, a physician, lived at Malta House from about 1858 to 1861. Though, he was not recorded there in the 1861 census his wife and family were. He was born at Horton in Nova Scotia on 23 September 1825, son of Joseph Wright and Anne Crosby Wiggins. He married in Edinburgh on 7 September…

James Fairbairn

Posted on 30 January 201127 March 2020 by admin

James Fairbairn, a banker, lived at No. 3 from about 1858 to 1862. He was born in Edinburgh on 14 March 1817, son of bookseller John Fairbairn and his wife Sarah Morris. Before moving to Malta Terrace, he lived at 25 Warriston Crescent, where he was living with his parents at the time of the…