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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Askews

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Askew at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Askews at 1925 Adanac in 1940.

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Where the Askews lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1925 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G F Askew, a boat builder 1940
    • Frances G Askew, a shipwright 1940
    • John D Askew 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Howell at 1929. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4565 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W Askew, a clerk at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Ballard at 4555 and L W Smith at 4575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a boat builder, a clerk and a shipwright.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland 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

In April 1913 George F Askew took out the permit to build a house at 1925 Adanac Street. In 1940 the directory lists G F Askew at 1925 Adanac 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 George F Askew there as the householder, a boat builder, with Frances G Askew, a shipwright, and John D Askew.

In 1940 the directory lists W Askew at 4565 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Askew there as the householder, a clerk at the National Harbours Board.

Today

1925 Adanac still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4565 West 9th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Askews

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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.