A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cashmans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Cashman at three 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 Cashmans lived
- 1
2140 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J F Cashman, a pressman at Gehrke's 1940
Next door in 1940: F Goldstraw at 2136 and F E Cail at 2142. The block, door by door
- 2
4666 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J F J Cashman, retired 1940
- Geraldine C Cashman, a nurse for Dr E T W Nash 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr C A Ryan at 4660. The block, door by door
- 3
1961 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Margaret Cashman, a stenographer at Benwell-Atkins 1940
Next door in 1940: Turner's Boat Wks (office) at 1955 and Turner's Boat Wks at 1963. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a nurse, a pressman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West Point Grey. 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 J F Cashman at 2140 East 13th Avenue; 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 John F Cashman there as the householder, a pressman at Gehrke's. In 1940 the directory lists J F J Cashman at 4666 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James F J Cashman there as the householder, retired, with Geraldine C Cashman, a nurse for Dr E T W Nash.
The 1940 name section lists Margaret Cashman at 1961 West Georgia Street, a stenographer at Benwell-Atkins.
Today
2140 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4666 West 2nd and 1961 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cashman J F2140 East 13th, p. 211
- Cashman John F prsmn Gehrke's2140 East 13th, p. 101
- *Cashman J F J4666 West 2nd, p. 177
- Cashman Geraldine C nurse Dr E T W Nash4666 West 2nd, p. 101
- Cashman Jas F J retired4666 West 2nd, p. 101
- Cashman Margt sten Benwell-Atkins1961 West Georgia, p. 101
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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.