A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Martin at two addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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
1163 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- E Martin, a salesman who kept rooms to let 1940
- Leonard C Martin, a salesman at the Victor X-Ray Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: K B Foyster at 1159 and E J Orr at 1169. The block, door by door
- 2
1436 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- W M Martin, a manager at Martin & Shannon 1940
- Isabella M Martin, widow of G M 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nicholson at 1454. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a manager, a salesman and a salesman and rooms to let. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 E Martin, rooms to let, at 1163 Pendrell 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 Edward Martin there, a salesman who kept rooms to let, with Leonard C Martin, a salesman at the Victor X-Ray Corporation. In 1940 the directory lists W M Martin at 1436 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Wilfrid M Martin there as the householder, a manager at Martin & Shannon, with Isabella M Martin, widow of G M.
Today
1163 Pendrell and 1436 Pendrell still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Martin E rooms1163 Pendrell, p. 132
- Martin Edw slsmn and rooms1163 Pendrell, p. 416
- Martin Leonard C slsmn Victor X-Ray Corpn1163 Pendrell, p. 417
- Martin W M1436 Pendrell, p. 132
- Martin Isabella M wid G M1436 Pendrell, p. 416
- Martin Wilfrid M mgr Martin & Shannon1436 Pendrell, p. 417
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Martins
Every directory, as one book
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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.