Tag: 1869

John Hill, a builder, and his family were resident at No. 1 between 1869 and 1881. This was also the address of his business, John Hill & Sons. John Hill was born at Lasswade in 1815, son of Archibald Hill and Marion Paris. In 1841 he was described as a joiner. When the 1851 census…

Thomas Wishart and his family lived at No. 4 between 1869 and 1871. He was born in 1830 at Kirkcaldy, Fife, son of James Wishart, a shoemaker, and Violet Dick. He began his working life as a shoemaker, but in the 1861 census his occupation was given as warehouseman in the flint glass trade. Ten…