A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
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 Marguerite 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
4921 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Edith A Martin, widow of H C 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Beedie at 4935. The block, door by door
- 2
5961 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W N Martin, an assistant manager at BC Box 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Brownrigg at 5937 and C L Campbell at 5987. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an assistant manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 Edith A Martin at 4921 Marguerite Street as the householder, widow of H C. W N Martin is listed at 5961 Marguerite Street in 1940; 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 William N Martin there as the householder, an assistant manager at BC Box.
Today
4921 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 5961 Marguerite (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Martin Edith A wid H C4921 Marguerite, p. 416
- *Martin W N5961 Marguerite, p. 111
- Martin Wm N asst mgr BC Box5961 Marguerite, p. 417
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.