Edgar Allan did not have adopted parents. Poe had foster parents. He was taken in by Mr. and Mrs. John Allan; however they never adopted him. The Allans had Poe baptized "Edgar Allan Poe." The relationship between John Allan and Edgar Allan Poe was eventually very strained, but in honor of his foster parents, Poe used the Allan name prominently even though he could have simply used the initial. Often, the name is misspelled as "Allen."
Edgar Allan Poe was taken in by the Allans, who were relatives of his biological parents, after his mother passed away. John and Frances Allan raised him in Richmond, Virginia. Poe took on the name Allan as part of his official name.
Edgar Allan Poe ws never adopted. His foster parents were John and Frances Allan.
No family ever adopted Poe. John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia took Poe in as foster parents but never adopted him. Poe took the Allan last name as his middle name.
A Englishman adopted him by the name of Allen. He was a single man and had no other children.
Poe did not have step parents. He had foster parents named John and Frances Allan.
Poe was ever "adopted." He was raised by his foster parents, John and Frances Allan.
David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe.
Real: David, and Elizabeth Poe. Foster: John and Frances Allan. Poe was never legally adopted by the Allans, therefore he had no adoptive parents.
Edgar Poe. He was given the name Edgar Allan Poe by his foster family, John and Frances Allan, although they never formally adopted him.
Poe was never adopted. he was taken in and raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan, but never adopted.
It is Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Poe. He was given the name Edgar Allan Poe by his foster family, John and Frances Allan, although they never formally adopted him.
Edgar Allan Poe's adopted mother, Frances Allan, died in 1829 from tuberculosis.
No one adopted Poe. He was taken in by John and Frances Allan after Poe's parents died and raised him as his foster parents, but they ever legally adopted Poe.
Poe was never adopted. He was taken in by his foster parents, John and Frances Allan when he was two years old.
Poe's birth name was Edgar Poe. After Poe's parents died in late 1811 leaving him an orphan just before his third birthday, his foster parents John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia, had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe, thereby giving Poe their last name as his middle name. Poe was never formally adopted by the Allans, and the name Allan was never his legal name, middle or otherwise. Since this was only a baptismal name, Poe did not have to use it, but he did so to honor his foster parents.
Edgar Allan Poe Lived with their family
Edgar allan poe had a job as an editor and he was in the military at age 18 to help his family out
John Allan, a successful merchant from Richmond, Virginia, and his wife Frances Valentine Allan, took in Edgar Allan Poe after his mother's death. Although Edgar never formally adopted their surname, he was raised by the Allans and had a complex relationship with them throughout his life.
It is believed that Edgar Allan Poe's family never officially adopted him because they already had family members willing to care for him following his mother's death. Additionally, adoption was not as common or formalized during that time, and Poe may have been considered a member of the family without a formal adoption process.