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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Martins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Martin at five addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. 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

    935 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gilmour E Martin, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: B T Motherwell at 925 and S C Johns at 945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1088 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J B Martin, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: G U Clarke at 1086 and M R Worth at 1096. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1264 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M E Martin 1940
    • Peggy Martin, a stenographer at Reid's Holiday Togs 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Grant at 1254 and L S Mounce at 1276. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2920 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Martin, a salesman at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: K I MacNaughton at 2912 and H N Trueman at 2928. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4104 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Martin, a mechanic at the Marine Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Magee at 4108. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a fire captain, a mechanic, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Gilmour E Martin at 935 West 14th Avenue, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver. J B Martin is listed at 1088 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John B Martin there as the householder, a supervisor, with Julian B Martin, a student.

Mrs M E Martin is listed at 1264 West 14th Avenue 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 Mrs Mary E Martin there as the householder, with Peggy Martin, a stenographer at Reid's Holiday Togs. W Martin is listed at 2920 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Martin there as the householder, a salesman at the Reliance Motor & Machinery Works.

J Martin is listed at 4104 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Martin there as the householder, a mechanic at the Marine Building.

Today

2920 West 14th and 4104 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1088 West 14th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 935 West 14th and 1264 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.