Tag: 1898

Mrs Elizabeth Nicol lived at No. 2 from 1898 until her death in 1906. She was the wife of John Nicol, grocer and wine merchant, and born Elizabeth Fowler, the illegitimate daughter of Rachel Fowler. Census records indicate Elizabeth Fowler was born at Lasswade, Midlothian about 1848. However, she was recorded in the 1851 census…

Evan Baillie Fraser Tant, a master butcher, was at No. 1 / 7 St Bernard’s Row for a decade, from 1898 to 1909. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 March 1866, son of William Tant, also a butcher, and Ann Plummer. Evan B.F. Tant was working as a butcher at the age of 15…