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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Marrions

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses

The directories print nine people named Marrion at nine addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Marion. 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 Marrions 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lorraine B Marion, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1365 East Georgia Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Peter Marrin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Monych at 1355. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2900 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Taylor Marion, in bakers 1940
  4. 4

    5808 Holland Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • O G Marrion, a machinist at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works 1940
  5. 5

    55 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Eugene Marion 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army Japanese Corps at 53. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1595 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • I Marion, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3803 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R F Marrion 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Pulsifer at 3813. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3086 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R F C Marrion, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Wilson at 3076. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3395 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Rose Marion, a maid for G T Ogston 1940

    Next door in 1940: N L Armstrong at 3373. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a bakers, a dentist, a machinist, a maid, a nurse and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3), Fairview (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lorraine B Marion at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Peter Marrin at 1365 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Taylor Marion at 2900 Granville Street, in bakers.

O G Marrion is listed at 5808 Holland Street 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 Oscar G Marrion there as the householder, a machinist at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works. The 1940 name section lists Eugene Marion at 55 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists I Marion at 1595 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ian Marion there as the householder, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists R F Marrion at 3803 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists R Frank Marrion there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists R F C Marrion at 3086 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert F C Marrion there as the householder, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Rose Marion at 3395 West 8th Avenue, a maid for G T Ogston.

Today

5808 Holland, 55 Powell, 1595 West 15th and 3803 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 55 Powell and 1595 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3086 West 24th (2011) and 3395 West 8th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 1365 East Georgia and 2900 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Marrions

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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.