Mary Penn

Mary Penn was listed in the electoral register at No. 3 Malta Terrace between 1932 and 1937. She was at 25 Torphichen Street in 1939 and after the second world war at 27 Watson Crescent, which was her home address when she died on 19 February 1950, aged 80 years. 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. Rented rooms at No. 3 were probably their first home. William McCulloch Maitland was born in…

The Rose family

David Rose, a prominent Edinburgh builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born on 26 August 1880, at 16 Cumberland Street, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Mary Clinkscales Bell. His maternal grandfather was David Bell, at one time chairman…