A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
The Adamses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Adams at three addresses in 1940, all on West Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
53 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- G Adams, a baker at Stockdills Bakery 1940
Next door in 1940: Pierre Paris at 51 and Standard Electric & Radio Ltd at 55. The block, door by door
- 2
116 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- James Adams, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: black & white hat store at 112 and Toric Optical Co at 118. The block, door by door
- 3
706 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Albert Adams, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi 1940
Next door in 1940: Van Floral Co at 710. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a baker, a chauffeur and a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists G Adams at 53 West Hastings Street, a baker at Stockdills Bakery. The 1940 name section lists James Adams at 116 West Hastings Street, a cook. The 1940 name section lists Albert Adams at 706 West Hastings Street, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi.
Today
53 West Hastings and 116 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 706 West Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Adams G baker Stockdills Bky53 West Hastings, p. 3
- Adams Jas cook116 West Hastings, p. 4
- Adams Albt chauf D MacLure's Taxi706 West Hastings, p. 3
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.