A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Martins
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Martin at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue. 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
2426 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- R Martin, a draftsman at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Elizabeth Martin, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: J P Macaluso at 2406 and Rev W J M Swan at 2436. The block, door by door
- 2
3535 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Rose M Martin, a bookkeeper at Grant & Sons 1940
Next door in 1940: M Kaufmann at 3529 and S Chatwin at 3543. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bookkeeper and a draftsman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 R Martin at 2426 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Randolph M Martin there as the householder, a draftsman at the City of Vancouver, with Elizabeth Martin, a widow. The 1940 name section lists Rose M Martin at 3535 West 2nd Avenue, a bookkeeper at Grant & Sons.
Today
3535 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2426 West 2nd (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Martin R2426 West 2nd, p. 176
- Martin Eliz wid —2426 West 2nd, p. 416
- Martin Randolph M drftsmn Van City2426 West 2nd, p. 417
- Martin Rose M bkpr Grant & Sons3535 West 2nd, p. 417
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.