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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ayreses

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Ayres 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. The most under one roof: three Ayreses at 4210 Atlin in 1940.

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Where the Ayreses 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

    4210 Atlin Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F Ayres 1940
    • Dorothy Ayres, a cashier at Woodward's 1940
    • Kathleen M Ayres, a laundress at Peerless Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Williams at 4200 and L A Thompson at 4250. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    955 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alice Ayres, widow of G D 1940

    Next door in 1940: albury (the) at 919 and H Morley at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    890 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Ayres 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pratt at 880. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1046 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Ayres, a mechanic at D J Smith Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Crozier at 1042 and C H Welch at 1050. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3460 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E B Ayres, widow of A J 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Gutteridge at 3440 and A O Dill at 3466. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1727 West 3rd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Auldin F Ayres, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Callow at 1725 and E J Marty at 1733. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4735 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T W Ayres, a manager at General Paint 1940
    • Margaret Ayres, a clerk for O B Allan 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Seed at 4725 and W O Bell at 4745. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a cashier, a clerk, a gardener, a laundress, a manager and a mechanic. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Fairview, Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 1940 the directory lists F Ayres at 4210 Atlin 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 Frederick Ayres there as the householder, with Dorothy Ayres, a cashier at Woodward's, and Kathleen M Ayres, a laundress at Peerless Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Alice Ayres at 955 Broughton Street, widow of G D. J A Ayres is listed at 890 Cardero Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas Ayres at 1046 Davie Street, a mechanic at D J Smith Equipment. Mrs E B Ayres is listed at 3460 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emily B Ayres there as the householder, widow of A J. The 1940 name section lists Auldin F Ayres at 1727 West 3rd Avenue as the householder, a gardener.

In 1940 the directory lists T W Ayres at 4735 West 4th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Ayres there as the householder, a manager at General Paint, with Margaret Ayres, a clerk for O B Allan.

Today

4210 Atlin and 4735 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3460 West 15th (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 955 Broughton, 890 Cardero, 1046 Davie and 1727 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.