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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Buckhams

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Buckham 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 Buckhams lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1336 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert A Buckham, a driver at Hoy's Crescent Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cecil Cafe at 1326 and Independent Motors at 1344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1032 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dora Buckham, an instructor at Vancouver Roller Bowl 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wyllie R A & Son at 1012 and R C Nichol at 1034. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3435 Mayfair Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Laura Buckham, widow of J A 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Thorpe at 3421 and A A Smith at 3449. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3725 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J F Buckham, an agent for London Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Summers at 3707. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2232 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G W Buckham, a dairyman at Hoy's Dairy Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sudmin at 2220 and J S Ney at 2244. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an agent, a dairyman, a driver and an instructor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 Robert A Buckham at 1336 Granville Street, a driver at Hoy's Crescent Dairy. The 1940 name section lists Dora Buckham at 1032 Hornby Street, an instructor at Vancouver Roller Bowl. The 1940 name section lists Laura Buckham at 3435 Mayfair Avenue, widow of J A.

J F Buckham is listed at 3725 West 28th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph F Buckham there as the householder, an agent for London Life. G W Buckham is listed at 2232 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George W Buckham there as the householder, a dairyman at Hoy's Dairy Products.

Today

3435 Mayfair, 3725 West 28th and 2232 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1336 Granville and 1032 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Buckhams

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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.