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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Broomes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Broome at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Broomes 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

    6016 Alma Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D F Broome, an industrial commercial secretary at Vancouver Welfare Fed 1940
    • Pamela L Broome, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Humphries at 6020. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    534 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T J Broome 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Browne at 532 and donada apts at 550. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Broome, a machinist tender at Norfolk Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Morrow at 1015 and Mrs R E Eacott at 1035. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1263 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H N Broome, a driver at Norfolk Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Robertson at 1255 and A G Jolliffe at 1271. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3026 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E B Broome, a school teacher 1940
    • Mary A Broome, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Atkinson at 3036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a driver, an industrial commercial secretary, a machinist tender, a school teacher and a stenographer. Some worked for the same employer: two for Norfolk Paper and two for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 D F Broome at 6016 Alma 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 Doug F Broome there as the householder, an industrial commercial secretary at Vancouver Welfare Fed, with Pamela L Broome, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists T J Broome at 534 East 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Broome there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists R Broome at 1025 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Broome there as the householder, a machinist tender at Norfolk Paper. In 1940 the directory lists H N Broome at 1263 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold N Broome there as the householder, a driver at Norfolk Paper.

In 1940 the directory lists E B Broome at 3026 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Enoch B Broome there as the householder, a school teacher, with Mary A Broome, widow of E.

Today

534 East 15th and 1263 East 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 6016 Alma (1982), 1025 East 22nd (1982) and 3026 West 24th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.