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The Calhouns

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Calhoun at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Calhouns 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

    309 Carrall Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Harry Calhoun, a shipper for W H Malkin 1940
    • H Calhoun 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rainier Barber Shop at 307 and Lumbermen's Social Club at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1531 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • E J Calhoun, retired 1940
  3. 3

    24 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Dora Calhoun, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Anderson at 20 and Mrs S E McDonald at 26. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    8914 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Frank Calhoun, a seaman at M R Cliff & B C Mills Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Fleming at 8916. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3585 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M L Calhoun, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Alderson at 3579 and M R Nielsen at 3589. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1835 West 52nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A L Calhoun 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Butler at 1833 and S Jones at 1845. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a clerk, a seaman and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Marpole, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 F Harry Calhoun at 309 Carrall Street, a shipper for W H Malkin, with H Calhoun. E J Calhoun is listed at 1531 Davie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Emerson J Calhoun there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Dora Calhoun at 24 East 10th Avenue, widow of G.

The 1940 name section lists Frank Calhoun at 8914 Hudson Street, a seaman at M R Cliff & B C Mills Towing. M L Calhoun is listed at 3585 West 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Marvin L Calhoun there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. A L Calhoun is listed at 1835 West 52nd 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).

Today

309 Carrall, 24 East 10th and 3585 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946, 24 East 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1531 Davie, 8914 Hudson and 1835 West 52nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.