Vancouver / Names / M / Martin / West 16th Avenue

A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Martins

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Martin at two addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Martins at 1975 West 16th in 1940. 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

    1975 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Martin, a fisherman 1940
    • Betsy G Martin, a comptroller operator at Shell Oil 1940
    • Elsie Martin, an operator for E Lipsett 1940
    • Thomas Martin, a salesman at Dr Ballard's Animal Food Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Jarvis at 1965 and H H P Wickwire at 1985. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4405 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C E Martin, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ferguson at 4413. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a comptroller operator, a conductor, a fisherman, an operator and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in 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

In 1940 the directory lists J Martin at 1975 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Martin there as the householder, a fisherman, with Betsy G Martin, a comptroller operator at Shell Oil, Elsie Martin, an operator for E Lipsett, and Thomas Martin, a salesman at Dr Ballard's Animal Food Products. In 1940 the directory lists C E Martin at 4405 West 16th Avenue; 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 Charles E Martin there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

1975 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4405 West 16th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, street section

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.