A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Adamses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Adams at two addresses in 1940, all on West 6th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
- 1
5 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs H Adams 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Stobbart at 15. The block, door by door
- 2
2366 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A W Adams, an audit clerk at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Pitt at 2356 and Mrs M Hanafin at 2376. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an audit clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 H Adams at 5 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Helen Adams there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A W Adams at 2366 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Adams there as the householder, an audit clerk at the Canadian Government.
Today
2366 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Adams Mrs H5 West 6th, p. 187
- Adams Mrs Helen5 West 6th, p. 4
- Adams A W2366 West 6th, p. 188
- Adams Arth W audit clk Can Govt2366 West 6th, p. 3
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Adamses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Adams name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.