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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Adolphs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Adolph at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Adolphs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4661 Drummond Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Caroline H Adolph, a maid for W P Ferguson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G A Hutcheson at 4645 and W Warner at 4669. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1243 Frances Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J W Adolph, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W A Gavin at 1237 and Mrs K Stickney at 1245. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7215 Inverness Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Adolph, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Vogt at 7231. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid, an on active service and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona, Sunset and West Point Grey. 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 Caroline H Adolph at 4661 Drummond Drive, a maid for W P Ferguson. J W Adolph is listed at 1243 Frances Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Adolphe there as the householder, on active service.

J Adolph is listed at 7215 Inverness Street in 1940; 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 John Adolph there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

4661 Drummond Drive and 7215 Inverness still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1243 Frances, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Adolphs

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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.