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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Marshalls

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Marshall at six addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    445 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W F Marshall, a janitor at the Fairfield Building 1940
    • John C Marshall, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: White Lunch Ltd at 439 and Owl Drug Co Ltd at 449. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1160 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Marshall, in real estate 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Merrin at 1156 and Furrier International at 1162. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Henry H Marshall, a motor cycle driver at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Marshall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2111 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alex Marshall, an agent at Prudential Insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Armstrong at 2109 and Turko-Persian Oriental Rug Clng at 2113. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2985 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • K J Marshall, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Barry's at 2977 and A & C London Mkt at 2987. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an agent, a janitor, a motor cycle driver and a police officer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4) and Fairview (2). 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 W F Marshall at 445 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William F Marshall there as the householder, a janitor at the Fairfield Building, with John C Marshall, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists W H Marshall, in real estate, at 1160 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Henry H Marshall at 1221 Granville Street, a motor cycle driver at Johnston National Storage.

The 1940 name section lists John Marshall at 1390 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Marshall at 2111 Granville Street as the householder, an agent at Prudential Insurance. In 1940 the directory lists K J Marshall, a confectioner, at 2985 Granville Street.

Today

1221 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 445 Granville, 1160 Granville, 1390 Granville, 2111 Granville and 2985 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 445 Granville: no archive photo of the 400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 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.