Mary Penn

Mary Penn was listed in the electoral register at No. 3 Malta Terrace between 1932 and 1937.¹ She was at 25 Torphichen Street in 1939² and after the second world war at 27 Watson Crescent,³ which was her home address when she died on 19 February 1950, aged 80 years.⁴

Mary Ann Penn was born on 18 December 1868 at Kinneff and Catterine, Kincardineshire,⁵ where her father William Penn was a coast guard. Her mother was Mary Ann Pride. The family were at St Vigeans coastguard station, near Arbroath, in 1881.⁶ Mary was recorded in the 1891 census as a general servant in the household of George Watson, a chartered accountant, at 6 Westhall Gardens.⁷ She later worked as a self-employed dressmaker, which was her occupation in 1901, when she was living with her now elderly parents at 68 Queen Street.⁸ In 1921 she and her sister Lydia, both unmarried, were dressmakers living at 108 George Street, along with four lodgers.⁹

1. Electoral registers 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36 and 1936-37.
2. Electoral register 1939-40.
3. Electoral registers 1945 to 1948.
4. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Morningside, Edinburgh. 20 February 1950. PENN, Mary Ann. 685/7 156. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.
5. Births (SR) Scotland. Kinneff and Catterline, Kincardine. 18 December 1868. 262/1 (1869). Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.
6. Census records. Scotland. St Vigeans, Angus. 03 April 1881. PENN, William (Head). 319/ 01/ 20. Ancestry collection ‘1881 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.
7. Census records. Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. PENN, Mary A. 685/5 128/ 02. Ancestry collection ‘1891 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.
8. Census records. Scotland. St Andrew, Edinburgh. 31 March 1901. PENN, Mary Ann. 685/2 113/ 12. Ancestry collection ‘1901 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.
9. Census records. Scotland. St Andrew, Edinburgh. 19 June 1921. PENN, Mary Ann. 685/2 69/ 16. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 28 September 2024.