A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Malkins
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Malkin at two addresses in 1940 in Kerrisdale. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Malkins lived
- 1
6630 Marine Crescent
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H R Malkin 1940
Next door in 1940: K McK Wright at 6610. The block, door by door
- 2
2958 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J E Malkin, a department manager for W H Malkin 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A C Taylor at 2976. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a department manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists H R Malkin at 6630 Marine Crescent; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). J E Malkin is listed at 2958 West 45th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph E Malkin there as the householder, a department manager for W H Malkin.
Today
6630 Marine Crescent still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2958 West 45th (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Malkin H R6630 Marine Crescent, p. 111
- *Malkin J E2958 West 45th, p. 262
- Malkin Jos E dept mgr W H Malkin2958 West 45th, p. 406
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Malkins
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Malkin name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.