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The Appses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Apps at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Appses 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

    7025 Balaclava Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H J Apps, proprietor of Meadowdene Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Wright at 7083. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2232 East 24th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A J Apps, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hoey at 2220 and E J Nunn at 2242. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1792 East 32nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • George Apps, a loader at H-M Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Chalmers at 1774. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    54 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C H Apps, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Buffie at 46 and J A Evenson at 60. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2207 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Olive Apps, a maid for F Anders 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Little at 2225. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1511 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Rev Edward V Apps, a pastor at the Marpole Baptist Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Simms at 1507 and J B Ross at 1523. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    734 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Grace Apps, a maid 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Campsall at 726 and H W Martin at 744. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a maid (2), a clerk, a loader, a pastor, a postman and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Fairview, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Marpole and Riley Park. 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 H J Apps at 7025 Balaclava Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Horace J Apps there as the householder, proprietor of Meadowdene Dairy. In 1940 the directory lists A J Apps at 2232 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Apps there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists George Apps at 1792 East 32nd Avenue, a loader at H-M Shingle. C H Apps is listed at 54 West 23rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Apps there as the householder, a postman. The 1940 name section lists Olive Apps at 2207 West 2nd Avenue, a maid for F Anders.

The 1940 name section lists Rev Edward V Apps at 1511 West 64th Avenue, a pastor at the Marpole Baptist Church. The 1940 name section lists Grace Apps at 734 West 8th Avenue, a maid.

Today

2232 East 24th, 54 West 23rd and 1511 West 64th still have their buildings from before 1946; 7025 Balaclava (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1792 East 32nd, 2207 West 2nd and 734 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water
1910 Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water. Not at the house at 7025 Balaclava: no archive photo of the 7000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 7-91. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.