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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Adamses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Adams at two addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Adamses at 2181 West 10th in 1940. The directories print the name on 93 other streets too, all listed on the Adams name's own page.

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Where the Adamses 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

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss E C Adams 1940
    • Esther C Adams, a clerk at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2181 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Adams, retired 1940
    • F Margaret Adams 1940
    • Kathleen M Adams 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Young at 2175 and Mrs P E Scowby at 2185. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview 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 Miss E C Adams at 1298 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Esther C Adams there as the householder, a clerk at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists W R Adams at 2181 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Adams there as the householder, retired, with F Margaret Adams and Kathleen M Adams.

Today

1298 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2181 West 10th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Adamses

Every directory, as one book

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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.