A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Marklands
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Markland at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Marklands lived
- 1
850 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Milton Markland 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Clement at 846 and L H Allen at 852. The block, door by door
- 2
579 West 24th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- D F Markland, a pensions advocate at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Genoe at 585. The block, door by door
- 3
2012 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W J R Markland, a shipper for W H Malkin 1940
Next door in 1940: A Tarlton at 2004 and W Paterson at 2018. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a pensions advocate and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano and South Cambie. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Milton Markland at 850 Hornby Street. D F Markland is listed at 579 West 24th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Daniel F Markland there as the householder, a pensions advocate at the Canadian Government.
W J R Markland is listed at 2012 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J R Markland there as the householder, a shipper for W H Malkin.
Today
579 West 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 850 Hornby and 2012 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Markland Milton850 Hornby, p. 413
- *Markland D F579 West 24th, p. 239
- Markland Danl F pensions advocate Can Govt579 West 24th, p. 413
- *Markland W J R2012 West 8th, p. 195
- Markland Wm J R shpr W H Malkin2012 West 8th, p. 413
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Marklands
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Markland 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.