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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Martins

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Martin at four addresses in 1940, all on West 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Martins at 462 West 19th 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

    462 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W L Martin, a sawyer at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940
    • Bonnie Martin, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Doug L Martin, a millworker 1940
    • L Martin, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940
    • Phyllis Martin 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Shaw at 456 and J I Richmond at 470. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    575 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G Martin, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Cornell at 571 and H Kerr at 579. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3350 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs Elsie Martin, a stenographer at Placer Development 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Chapelas at 3322 and Mrs M H Lee at 3364. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3883 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J T Martin, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Elvidge at 3873 and J Machray at 3889. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a clerk, a helper, a millworker, a printer, a saleswoman and a sawyer, among others. Two of them worked for Sitka Spruce Lumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 W L Martin at 462 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred L Martin there as the householder, a sawyer at Sitka Spruce Lumber, with Bonnie Martin, a saleswoman at Woodward's, Doug L Martin, a millworker, L Martin, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber, and Phyllis Martin. In 1940 the directory lists G Martin at 575 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Martin there as the householder, a printer.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elsie Martin at 3350 West 19th Avenue, a stenographer at Placer Development. J T Martin is listed at 3883 West 19th 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 James T Martin there as the householder, a clerk.

Today

462 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 575 West 19th (1995), 3350 West 19th (1998) and 3883 West 19th (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, street section

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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.