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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ablitts

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

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

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Where the Ablitts 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

    4741 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A L Ablitt, a shoemaker for P Paris 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Whaite at 4709 and J Newberg at 4747. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2905 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William C Ablitt, a manager at Motorcycle Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Wright at 2911. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a manager and a shoemaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kitsilano. 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 L Ablitt at 4741 Commercial 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 Albert L Ablitt there as the householder, a shoemaker for P Paris. The 1940 name section lists William C Ablitt at 2905 West 13th Avenue, a manager at Motorcycle Sales.

Today

2905 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4741 Commercial, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Not at the house at 4741 Commercial: no archive photo of the 4700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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.