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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Merxes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Merx 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. The most under one roof: four Merxes at 233 West 8th in 1940.

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Where the Merxes 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

    6775 Culloden Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Merx, an engineer for Mohawk Handle 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A McEwen at 6753. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1896 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C H Merx, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Trotter at 1886. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    233 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • M Merx, a carpenter 1940
    • John J Merx, a laborer at Cedar Cove S&D 1940
    • Kathryn A Merx 1940
    • Louise Merx 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Carpenter at 243. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, an engineer, a laborer and an orderly.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 E Merx at 6775 Culloden Street; 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 Edward Merx there as the householder, an engineer for Mohawk Handle. In 1940 the directory lists C H Merx at 1896 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Christian H Merx there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists M Merx at 233 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Myndert Merx there as the householder, a carpenter, with John J Merx, a laborer at Cedar Cove S&D, Kathryn A Merx, and Louise Merx.

Today

1896 West 12th and 233 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1896 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6775 Culloden (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.