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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mastins

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Mastin at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Mastins 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

    2036 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs K Mastin 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Holloway at 2026 and H A Milloy at 2040. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4947 Manor Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Mastin, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Mitchell at 4921 and S R Edmunds at 4959. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1087 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clarence W Mastine, proprietor of Mastine's Remnant Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Manhattan Furn at 1085 and V O Brooks at 1089. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Mrs K Mastin at 2036 Cornwall 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Kate Mastin there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J Mastin at 4947 Manor Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Mastin there as the householder, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Clarence W Mastine at 1087 Robson Street, proprietor of Mastine's Remnant Shop.

Today

4947 Manor (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2036 Cornwall and 1087 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Mastins

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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.