These four gentlemen were each employed in the hair-care industry in the town. They are the only ones recorded throughout Lewis and Harris in the censuses of 1841-1901:
1891
Austin Unsworth, 17, Hairdresser, Boarder, Breyton House, Bayhead Street, b. Wales
(Angus Macleod, 67, Retired Forester)
1901
James Robertson, 25, Hairdresser, Boarder, 3 South Beach Street, b. Glasgow
(Christina Mcleod, 37, Boarding House Keeper, b. Stornoway)
Arthur Loss, 25, Hairdresser, Servant, 39 Kenneth Street, b. Aberdeen
(Robert Sims, 59, Merchant Grocer Gov Barvas School, b. Elgin, Morayshire)
Kenneth Murray, 39, Barber, 4 Point Street, b. Stornoway
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