A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Casements
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Casement at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Casements lived
- 1
1605 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Gladys G Casement, a comptroller operator at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: B Brand at 1609. The block, door by door
- 2
2879 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R J Casement, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Susan M Casement 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H R Van Kleeck at 2867 and N E Lougheed at 2891. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a comptroller operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale 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 Gladys G Casement at 1605 Nelson Street, a comptroller operator at Shell Oil. R J Casement is listed at 2879 West 45th 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 Robert J Casement there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver, with Susan M Casement.
Today
1605 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2879 West 45th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Casement Gladys G compt opr Shell Oil1605 Nelson, p. 101
- *Casement R J2879 West 45th, p. 262
- Casement Robt J clk Van City2879 West 45th, p. 101
- Casement Susan M2879 West 45th, p. 101
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Casements
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Casement name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.