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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cases

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Case at six 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: four Cases at 7658 Hudson in 1940.

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Where the Cases 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

    233 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Case, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Belt Works at 219 and Oland Rooms at 247. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3270 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Case, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Christie at 3262 and F J Whitelock at 3282. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7658 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J T Case, a gardener for G Farrell 1940
    • Eric H Case, a gardener 1940
    • Frank Case, a salesman for T Reid 1940
    • Stan C Case, a warehouseman at Pacific Bolt 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Duke at 7626. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3131 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C O Case, an electrotyper-typer at Cleland-Kent 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Kilby at 3125 and G Mason at 3155. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3172 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E N Case, proprietor of Alma Cartage 1940
    • Annie Case, widow of G D 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Morris at 3162 and F E B McCrea at 3196. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1619 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • June Case, a maid for Dr A C Frost 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a gardener (2), a clerk, an electrotyper-typer, a maid, a proprietor and a salesman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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 J Case at 233 Abbott Street, retired. E J Case is listed at 3270 Fleming Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Case there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Telephone.

J T Case is listed at 7658 Hudson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James T Case there as the householder, a gardener for G Farrell, with Eric H Case, a gardener, Frank Case, a salesman for T Reid, and Stan C Case, a warehouseman at Pacific Bolt. C O Case is listed at 3131 West 6th 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 Charles O Case there as the householder, an electrotyper-typer at Cleland-Kent.

E N Case is listed at 3172 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Earl N Case there as the householder, proprietor of Alma Cartage, with Annie Case, widow of G D. The 1940 name section lists June Case at 1619 West King Edward Avenue, a maid for Dr A C Frost.

Today

233 Abbott, 3270 Fleming, 7658 Hudson, 3131 West 6th and 1619 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946, 233 Abbott on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3172 West 7th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Hudson Street looking south toward the Eburne station, past the Hotel Eburne and parked cars
The 1910s Hudson Street looking south toward the Eburne station, past the Hotel Eburne and parked cars. Not at the house at 7658 Hudson: no archive photo of the 7600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 994. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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 Cases

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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.