47 Albany Street

1818 – 1848 Andrew and Christian (neé Finlay) Paterson

Solicitor (Society of the Supreme Courts of Scotland)

1848 – 1851 Lady Anne Anstruther

Possibly of Balcaskie in Fife

1851 – 1863 Lodgings

Mr and Mrs Dangerfield moved their lodging house business here from Number 19. Later, Mrs Guthrie took over as Lodging Keeper.

1863 – 1885 George Robertson and Lucy Robertson

Civil engineer

1885 – 1896 George Tait and Jane (neé Dudgeon) Tait

Butcher

1896 – 1899 Alexander Macknight

Advocate (not practising) Moved here from Number 20

1899 – 1904 The Edinburgh House of Rest

Boarding house advertised as ‘a Christian resort’

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