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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Martindales

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Martindale at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Martindales lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    843 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Martindale 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Bates at 893. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3591 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss V Martindale 1940
    • Vivian Martindale, an entertainer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Musto at 3589 and W A Parish at 3593. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    65 East 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Martindale, a baker at Canadian Bakeries 1940
    • Laura Martindale, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McDonald at 57. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    795 East 56th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J R Martindale, an examiner at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Battershall at 779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    459 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Martindale, in printers supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Howard at 457. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1083 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arnold E Martindale, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Robinson at 1087. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1118 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • N Martindale, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Finch at 1116 and Miss J Fuller at 1124. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a laborer (2), a baker, an entertainer and an examiner. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Sunset and West End. 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 A Martindale at 843 Cardero Street. Miss V Martindale is listed at 3591 Commercial Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Vivian Martindale there as the householder, an entertainer.

A Martindale is listed at 65 East 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allan Martindale there as the householder, a baker at Canadian Bakeries, with Laura Martindale, widow of A. J R Martindale is listed at 795 East 56th 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 John R Martindale there as the householder, an examiner at the Customs.

A Martindale, in printers supplies, is listed at 459 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arnold E Martindale at 1083 Richards Street, a laborer. N Martindale is listed at 1118 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman Martindale there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

843 Cardero and 65 East 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3591 Commercial, 795 East 56th, 459 Hamilton, 1083 Richards and 1118 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.