A family name on Cypress Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Martin at two addresses in 1940, all on Cypress Street. 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 156 other streets too, all listed on the Martin name's own page.
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Where the Martins lived
- 1
1731 Cypress Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- T Martin, a painter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: H McKinlay at 1729 and T McBay at 1735. The block, door by door
- 2
6707 Cypress Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R W Martin, a sales department at Canadian Liquid Air 1940
Next door in 1940: H A Dixon at 6725. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a painter and a sales department.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 T Martin at 1731 Cypress 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 Thomas Martin there as the householder, a painter at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists R W Martin at 6707 Cypress Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ross W Martin there as the householder, a sales department at Canadian Liquid Air.
Today
1731 Cypress still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6707 Cypress, 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.
- *Martin T1731 Cypress, p. 39
- Martin Thos pntr CPR1731 Cypress, p. 417
- *Martin R W6707 Cypress, p. 40
- Martin Ross W sales dept Can Liq Air6707 Cypress, p. 417
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Martins
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Martin 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.