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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Amoses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Amos at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Amoses 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

    1303 East 24th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Nellie Amos, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: G MacKenzie at 1311. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2212 East 64th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H Amos, a bundler at BC Plywoods 1940
    • Gerald Amos 1940

    Next door in 1940: S A Palken at 2218. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    330 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Dixon Amos, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: McConaghy H E Plmbg at 328 and H Wirtanen at 336. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5388 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J W Amos, retired 1940
  5. 5

    2100 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miriam Amos, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Littler at 2116. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4492 West 5th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Ruth M Amos, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Tearoe at 4490. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2938 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M Jean Amos, a stenographer at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Lee at 2928 and W H Thornton at 2946. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a bundler, a helper, a nurse and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Kitsilano (2), Strathcona, Victoria-Fraserview 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 Nellie Amos at 1303 East 24th Avenue, a nurse. H Amos is listed at 2212 East 64th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Amos there as the householder, a bundler at BC Plywoods, with Gerald Amos. The 1940 name section lists Dixon Amos at 330 East Hastings Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Amos at 5388 Knight Street. The 1940 name section lists James W Amos there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Miriam Amos at 2100 West 3rd Avenue, widow of W. The 1940 name section lists Ruth M Amos at 4492 West 5th Avenue, a helper for Kelly Douglas.

The 1940 name section lists M Jean Amos at 2938 West Broadway, a stenographer at M-W Ltd.

Today

330 East Hastings and 5388 Knight still have their buildings from before 1946; 2100 West 3rd (1975) and 4492 West 5th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1303 East 24th, 2212 East 64th and 2938 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.