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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Abes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Abe at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Abes 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

    614 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Abe, a fish buyer 1940
    • Harry H Abe, a bookkeeper at Green Cove Salteries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss C Allyn at 612 and K Takahashi at 620. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1928 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • K Abe 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Okura at 1934. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2009 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D T Abe, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss I Gunn at 2007 and A Kissack at 2031. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1627 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F Abe, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Tsuji at 1633. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bookkeeper, a fish buyer, a gardener and an insurance agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 T Abe at 614 Alexander Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Teruichi Abe there as the householder, a fish buyer, with Harry H Abe, a bookkeeper at Green Cove Salteries. In 1940 the directory lists K Abe at 1928 Columbia Street. The 1940 name section lists K Abe there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists D T Abe at 2009 Victoria Drive; 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 David T Abe there as the householder, an insurance agent. In 1940 the directory lists F Abe at 1627 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fusagi Abe there as the householder, a gardener.

Today

614 Alexander (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1928 Columbia, 2009 Victoria Drive and 1627 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.