A family name on East 26th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Marshalls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Marshall at three addresses in 1940, all on East 26th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 102 other streets too, all listed on the Marshall name's own page.
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Where the Marshalls lived
- 1
746 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- L Marshall, who worked for Restmore 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Carson at 736 and A B Adderley at 756. The block, door by door
- 2
849 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- George Marshall, a relief agent at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: A D Lightfoot at 841 and W W Logan at 857. The block, door by door
- 3
3416 East 26th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- J A Marshall 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Taylor at 3410 and J Gillies at 3420. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and a relief agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 L Marshall at 746 East 26th 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). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lancelot Marshall there as the householder, who worked for Restmore. The 1940 name section lists George Marshall at 849 East 26th Avenue, a relief agent at the BC Electric Railway.
J A Marshall is listed at 3416 East 26th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joshua A Marshall there as the householder.
Today
746 East 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 849 East 26th (2006) and 3416 East 26th (2007) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Marshall L746 East 26th, p. 240
- Marshall Lancelot emp Restmore746 East 26th, p. 415
- Marshall Geo relief agt BCER849 East 26th, p. 415
- *Marshall J A3416 East 26th, p. 240
- Marshall Joshua A3416 East 26th, p. 415
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Marshalls
Every directory, as one book
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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.