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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Marshallsays

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Marshallsay at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Marshallsays 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

    1898 Balsam Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss M E Marshallsay 1940
    • Mabel E Marshallsay, a secretary at the Anglican Synod Office 1940
  2. 2

    1163 West 29th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J B Marshallsay, retired 1940
    • Marjorie H Marshallsay, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Sherlock at 1149 and A E Switzer at 1177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1595 West 65th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E Marshallsay, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Logue at 1585. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a secretary and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Marpole 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 Miss M E Marshallsay at 1898 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mabel E Marshallsay there as the householder, a secretary at the Anglican Synod Office. In 1940 the directory lists J B Marshallsay at 1163 West 29th 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 lists John B Marshallsay there as the householder, retired, with Marjorie H Marshallsay, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists E Marshallsay at 1595 West 65th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Marshallsay there as the householder, retired.

Today

1163 West 29th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 1898 Balsam (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1595 West 65th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.