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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