A family name on Homer Street, Downtown
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 Homer 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
843 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs M C Martin, widow of P D 1940
- Patrick Martin, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M K Robertson at 829 and Mrs E Spreckley at 857. The block, door by door
- 2
862 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- J B Martin, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Herdman at 856 and H Cowan at 866. The block, door by door
- 3
1017 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- Harry Martin, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: W Lockhart at 1011 and Mrs L Rouse at 1019. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a motorman, a painter and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Mrs M C Martin at 843 Homer 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 Mary C Martin there as the householder, widow of P D, with Patrick Martin, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists J B Martin at 862 Homer Street, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Harry Martin at 1017 Homer Street, a painter.
Today
The City no longer lists 843 Homer, 862 Homer and 1017 Homer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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.