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A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Marshalls

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Marshall at three addresses in 1940, all on Fraser Street. 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 Marshalls at 4553 Fraser in 1940. 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

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

    3540 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L Marshall, a roofer 1940
    • Dorothy M Marshall, a checker at Empire Cleaners 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Marston at 3518. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4160 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Marshall, a women's clothing 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Cruickshank at 4162. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4553 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M Marshall, widow of R 1940
    • Helen Marshall, a helper for A O McColl 1940
    • Jack Marshall, a driver at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Nemechek at 4513 and J A Hall at 4561. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a checker, a driver and a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3). 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, a roofer, at 3540 Fraser Street; 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 Dorothy M Marshall there, a checker at Empire Cleaners. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Marshall, a women's clothing, at 4160 Fraser Street.

Mrs M Marshall is listed at 4553 Fraser Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary Marshall there as the householder, widow of R, with Helen Marshall, a helper for A O McColl, and Jack Marshall, a driver at Imperial Oil.

Today

4160 Fraser and 4553 Fraser still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3540 Fraser, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street
17 March 1936 The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street. Not at the house at 4553 Fraser: no archive photo of the 4500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4867. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.