Tag: 1896

William Smith, a chemist and druggist, took up residence at No. 1 in 1896 and remained there until his death in 1931. His daughter Catherine Janet Smith, also a chemist, continued to occupy the apartment until 1959. William Smith was born at Lerwick, Shetland on 20 February 1848, son of bookseller Robert Smith and his…

Robert Lunn and his family lived at No. 4 from 1896 to 1929. Robert Hume Lunn was a plumber and gasfitter, with business premises at 3 Deanhaugh Street. He was born about 1855 in Edinburgh, son of James Lunn, a joiner, and Mary McDougall. Aged 16, he was described as a plumber in the 1871…