A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Marshalls
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Marshall at two addresses in 1940, all on West 41st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1883 West 41st Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs M Marshall, widow of W E 1940
Next door in 1940: M P Crehan at 1849. The block, door by door
- 2
2178 West 41st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W G Marshall, proprietor of Marshall's Electric Sales & Service 1940
Next door in 1940: Golden Sheaf Bake Shop at 2176 and Pt Grey News Gazette at 2182. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 Mrs M Marshall at 1883 West 41st 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 Marguerite Marshall there as the householder, widow of W E. In 1940 the directory lists W G Marshall at 2178 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William G Marshall there as the householder, proprietor of Marshall's Electric Sales & Service.
Today
1883 West 41st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2178 West 41st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Marshall Mrs M1883 West 41st, p. 257
- Marshall Marguerite wid W E1883 West 41st, p. 415
- Marshall W G2178 West 41st, p. 258
- Marshall Wm G prop Marshall's Elec Sales & Serv2178 West 41st, p. 415
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Marshalls
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Marshall 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.