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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Martins

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Martin at four addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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

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

    575 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Robert Martin 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Hosang at 563 and Workers Dramatic Club at 577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    853 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Joseph Martin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    891 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Martin, a bridgeman 1940
    • George D Martin, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Happy at 887. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2986 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Martin, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Marshall at 2978. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a bridgeman and a fireman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) 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 Robert Martin at 575 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Martin at 853 East Pender Street. In 1940 the directory lists A Martin at 891 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Angus Martin there as the householder, a bridgeman, with George D Martin, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists C Martin at 2986 East Pender 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 lists Carl Martin there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

575 East Pender and 891 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; 853 East Pender (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2986 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 891 East Pender: no archive photo of the 800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Martins

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.