A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Martin at three addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive. 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 156 other streets too, all listed on the Martin name's own page.
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Where the Martins lived
- 1
1638 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G A Martin, a president and managing director at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation 1940
- Howard Martin, a clerk at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L C Kelly at 1690. The block, door by door
- 2
4611 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs Rosemary Martin 1940
Next door in 1940: A C Lumsden at 4637. The block, door by door
- 3
6725 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- K W Martin, a chemist at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Magar at 6707 and F B Anderson at 6741. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a chemist, a clerk and a president and managing director. Two of them worked for Vancouver Mortgage Corporation.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2) and Kerrisdale. 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 G A Martin at 1638 Angus Drive; 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 George A Martin there as the householder, a president and managing director at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation, with Howard Martin, a clerk at the Vancouver Mortgage Corporation. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Rosemary Martin at 4611 Angus Drive.
K W Martin is listed at 6725 Angus Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken W Martin there as the householder, a chemist at Shell Oil.
Today
1638 Angus Drive, 4611 Angus Drive and 6725 Angus Drive still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Martin G A1638 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Martin Geo A pres and mng dir Van Mortgage Corpn1638 Angus Drive, p. 416
- Martin Howard clk Van Mortgage Corpn1638 Angus Drive, p. 416
- Martin Mrs Rosemary4611 Angus Drive, p. 417
- *Martin K W6725 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Martin Ken W chemist Shell Oil6725 Angus Drive, p. 417
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.