Page from 1871 Census, Parish of St Stephen, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

21308

Title

Page from 1871 Census, Parish of St Stephen, Heriot Row, Edinburgh

Description

This page from the 1871 census contains details of the residents of part of Heriot Row, in the Parish of St Stephen, Edinburgh. It includes details of resident's names, age, marital status, occupation and place of birth. The residents include Robert Louis Stevenson's family. Robert Louis Stevenson is listed as a 20 year old student of arts. His father is a civil engineer. The family has two servants.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1871

Type

Document

Reproduced with the kind permission of the Registrar General for Scotland.

The census is a national population survey taken every ten years by the government.

Heriot Row in Edinburgh runs parallel to and a short distance to the north of Queen Street. It was built in the early 19th century. Robert Louis Stevenson's family lived in number 17 Heriot Row from 1857.

The Edinburgh Industrial School and Home for the Rescue of Destitute & Homeless Boys was on Grove Street in Fountainbridge. The school took in homeless boys, provided them with education, and found them positions training as apprentices in various trades.

This image comes from a bound volume that contains a photograph and transcription of the life story of each boy.

This item was digitised as part of the Whose Town? project, an educational resource for schools. Unique archival material was gathered together to create a snapshot of a person's life at a particular point in Edinburgh's history.

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