A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Martin at two addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Martins at 1380 East 11th in 1940. 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
642 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- L J Martin, a plumber 1940
Next door in 1940: W Bent at 630 and S Norman at 650. The block, door by door
- 2
1380 East 11th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J S Martin, retired 1940
- Edward S Martin 1940
- R Stan Martin 1940
- Stan R Martin, a salesman at B&K Economy Cash Stores 1940
Next door in 1940: T M Wilson at 1376. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a plumber and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 L J Martin at 642 East 11th 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 Leonard J Martin there as the householder, a plumber. In 1940 the directory lists J S Martin at 1380 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John S Martin there as the householder, retired, with Edward S Martin, R Stan Martin, and Stan R Martin, a salesman at B&K Economy Cash Stores.
Today
642 East 11th and 1380 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Martin L J642 East 11th, p. 202
- Martin Leonard J plmbr642 East 11th, p. 417
- *Martin J S1380 East 11th, p. 202
- Martin Edw S1380 East 11th, p. 416
- Martin John S retired1380 East 11th, p. 417
- Martin R Stan1380 East 11th, p. 417
- Martin Stan R slsmn B&K Economy Cash Stores1380 East 11th, 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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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.