Tag: 1915

John Young lived at No. 2a between 1915 and 1949.[1] He was a tailor, born 16 September 1871 at Torphichen, West Lothian, son of William Young and Christina Irvine.[2] The family moved to Edinburgh when he was a young child and were at 22 Caledonian Crescent in 1881.[3] In 1911, he was described as a…

Alexander W. D. MacGregor, a typewriter dealer and repairer, occupied No. 2 from 1915[1] until his death in 1945. His widow Elizabeth T. MacGregor remained at No. 2 until 1959.[2] Alexander William Duncan Macgregor was born in Gorbals, Glasgow in 1884,[3] son of John Bryce McGregor and Elizabeth McDonald. In Alexander’s death registration, John McGregor’s…