Mrs Bookless

Mrs Bookless was listed at No. 1 from 1874 to 1876.

Sarah J Thorburn

Mrs Archibald Thorburn was listed in post office directories as resident at No. 8 from 1874/75 to 1883/84. Sarah Jane Anderson was born in Edinburgh 3 January 1837, daughter of Michael Anderson and Jane Hogg. She married Archibald Thorburn on 7 January 1862 at Kirkliston. He died in 1873. In the census of 1881 she…

James Muirhead

James Muirhead and his family lived at Malta House throughout the last quarter of the century, from about 1874 until after 1901. He was a fishmonger and poulterer, in a business started by his father Charles Muirhead (1800-1865). The shop was at 79 Queen Street, but there was another part of the business which operated…