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 1939[2] 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…

William M Maitland

The electoral register for 1932 lists William M. Maitland and Euphemia L. Maitland at No. 3 Malta Terrace. William McCulloch Maitland, a house painter, married Euphemia Lowe Mathewson, by declaration, at 6 Bank Street, Edinburgh on 14 May 1932.[1] Rented rooms at No. 3 were probably their first home. William McCulloch Maitland was born in…

David Rose

David Rose, a builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born in 1880, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Margaret Clinkscales Bell (1850-1928). His maternal grandfather was Dvaid Bell, at one time chairman of the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company, which…