No. 8 was occupied by two generations of women from the Leslie family between 1891 and 1931. Mrs Helen Leslie was householder from about 1891 to 1901. She was the widow of Andrew Leslie, a clothier and tailor in Earlston, Berwickshire. She was born Helen Bain, on 30 November 1820, at Channelkirk, Berwickshire, daughter of…
Alexander Smart, coal merchant, lived at No. 5 from 1891 to 1895. He was born at Hawick on 27 November 1838, son of Alexander Smart, a baker, and Agnes Prest. He served in the Royal Navy before settling in Edinburgh as a coal merchant. Alexander Smart served as an engineer between May 1859 and July…
Frances M. Saleeby lived at No. 3 from 1891 until 1905. She was recorded there in the census on 05 April 1891 and listed as Mrs Elias Saleeby in directories from 1893-94. She was Frances Maria Williams or Saleeby, the wife of Elias Geris Yousef Saleeby. Frances Maria Williams was born at York in 1838,…
James Bruce Gairn lived at No. 1 between 1885 and 1898. He was born in Edinburgh on 24 January 1845, son of bootmaker Andrew Gairn and his wife Helen Bruce. At the age of 16, he is recorded in the 1861 Census at 180 Rose Street, occupation “boot closer”. At the time of the 1891…