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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Boxes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Box at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Boxes 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

    1127 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Dorothy Box, a stenographer for A P Madsen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Gibb at 1131. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1010 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • G A Box, a caretaker at The Lincoln and Bellview Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Goodyear at 1014. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4209 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A L Box, a watchmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O'Hara at 4217. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a caretaker, a stenographer and a watchmaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) 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 Dorothy Box at 1127 Beach Avenue, a stenographer for A P Madsen. G A Box is listed at 1010 Cardero Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George A Box there as the householder, a caretaker at The Lincoln and Bellview Apartments.

A L Box is listed at 4209 West 12th Avenue 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 A Lorne Box there as the householder, a watchmaker.

Today

4209 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1127 Beach and 1010 Cardero, so those buildings are 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 Boxes

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.