Vancouver / Names / M / Marchant

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Marchants

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at nine addresses

The directories print twelve people named Marchant at nine addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Marchants at 1058 Nelson in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Marchants lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2060 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Marchant 1940

    Next door in 1940: N C McRitchie at 2052 and H Bardsley at 2066. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    509 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • M Marchant, a machinist at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Moulton at 507 and C H Miller at 525. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    536 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Marchant, a pressman at the Province 1940
    • Alice Marchant, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Valpy at 530 and H A Gibbs at 544. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3364 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Marchant 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Bossert at 3354 and Atkinson & Sons at 3384. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2916 Manitoba Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F Marchant, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Goodrich at 2908 and S Yamamoto at 2930. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2920 McGill Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • George Marchant, a plumber for R King 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Mills at 2938. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H Marchant, a driver 1940
    • Lily E Marchant 1940
    • Robert C Marchant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    355 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Marchant, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Doody at 349 and J J Berry at 399. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    119 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Calculating Machines Marchant 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the twelve: a driver, a logger, a machinist, a plumber and a pressman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (4), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and West End. 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 Marchant at 2060 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). M Marchant is listed at 509 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Math Marchant there as the householder, a machinist at Boeing's. The 1940 name section lists A Marchant at 536 East 7th Avenue, a pressman at the Province, with Alice Marchant, widow of G.

In 1940 the directory lists G Marchant at 3364 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists George Marchant there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F Marchant at 2916 Manitoba Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Marchant there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists George Marchant at 2920 McGill Street, a plumber for R King. H Marchant is listed at 1058 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Marchant there as the householder, a driver, with Lily E Marchant and Robert C Marchant.

J Marchant is listed at 355 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Marchant there, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Calculating Machines Marchant at 119 West Pender Street.

Today

2916 Manitoba, 1058 Nelson and 119 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, 2916 Manitoba and 1058 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2060 East 23rd (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 509 East 6th, 536 East 7th, 3364 Main, 2920 McGill and 355 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1058 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Marchants

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Marchant 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.