A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Martin at three addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia Street. 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
634 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Olga L Martin, a maid at the Georgia Rooms 1940
Next door in 1940: dickinson apts at 630 and A Rimousky at 638. The block, door by door
- 2
1160 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J Martin, a cleaner at Guarantee Cleaners & Dyers 1940
Next door in 1940: J Doig at 1152 and First United Ch Kindergarten at 1164. The block, door by door
- 3
3250 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A T Martin, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: A R Hemburrow at 3246 and D D Doig at 3256. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a cleaner, a maid and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Olga L Martin at 634 East Georgia Street, a maid at the Georgia Rooms. J Martin is listed at 1160 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Martin there as the householder, a cleaner at Guarantee Cleaners & Dyers.
A T Martin is listed at 3250 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert T Martin there as the householder, on active service.
Today
634 East Georgia, 1160 East Georgia and 3250 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 634 East Georgia and 1160 East Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Martin Olga L maid Georgia Rms634 East Georgia, p. 417
- Martin J1160 East Georgia, p. 55
- Martin John clnr Guarantee Clnrs & Dyers1160 East Georgia, p. 416
- Martin A T3250 East Georgia, p. 56
- Martin Albt T act serv3250 East Georgia, p. 416
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.