The 1851 census lists the occupants as Mary Emslie (40), occupation “General Work”,
her children, Margaret Robb (13), House Servant,
and Robert Edesin (Addison) (8),
along with two boarders, Alexander (Sandy) and Mary Lindsay, both 50.
Alexander was a fish dealer who drove fish from Peterhead and Aberdeen,
pecialising in herring, fresh and salt, and in dried dogfish.