James Denholm, ‘writer’, was listed at No. 1 from 1870 to 1873. In the 1871 census his occupation was clerk in a stationery business. He was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire on 21 November 1847, son of Alexander Denholm and Helen Smith. The family moved to Edinburgh about 1852. Alexander Denholm, a coachman and hostler, died…
Henri van Laun, a French teacher at Edinburgh Academy, lived at No. 8 for about a year, in 1870-71. He was born on 13 November 1819 in Amsterdam, Netherlands., About 1848 he moved to England and embarked on a brief career in journalism, before turning to teaching. He was French master successively at King William’s…
Mrs Margaret Burn and family lived at No. 2 Malta Terrace between 1870 and 1874. She was the widow of Thomas Burn, a solicitor and notary public in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham who died aged 47 on 27 August 1862. Margaret Balfour Wright was born in Edinburgh on 24 March 1819, daughter of Alexander Wright of…
Sarah Waller and her family were at No. 1 from between 1870 and 1873. She was the wife of Richard Hardress Waller, a land agent who was resident in Londonderry. Sarah Skipton married Richard H. Waller on 20 October 1853, at Greencastle, Donegal, Ireland. She was born about 1828 at Londonderry, daughter of landowner Pitt…