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A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Chamberses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Chambers at five addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Chambers name's own page.

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Where the Chamberses 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

    101 East 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Charles Chambers, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Davis Junk Co at 115. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    396 East 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Sam Chambers, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: O MacKenzie at 350 and F P O'Keefe at 398. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1576 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H L Chambers, a warehouseman at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Charles T Chambers, a window washer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Fordyce at 1570 and J Linton at 1582. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1928 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Chambers, a manager at Dominion Drag Saw 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E R Wright at 1924 and C Clarance at 1936. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2109 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs C Chambers, widow of A 1940
    • Amos Chambers, a salesman at Crystal Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Davies at 2123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a helper, a manager, a salesman, a warehouseman and a window washer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Mount Pleasant (2). 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 Charles Chambers at 101 East 2nd Avenue, a helper at Sitka Spruce Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Sam Chambers at 396 East 2nd Avenue, retired. In 1940 the directory lists H L Chambers at 1576 East 2nd 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 lists Harold L Chambers there as the householder, a warehouseman at Imperial Oil, with Charles T Chambers, a window washer.

In 1940 the directory lists G Chambers at 1928 East 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Chambers there as the householder, a manager at Dominion Drag Saw. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Chambers at 2109 East 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cath Chambers there as the householder, widow of A, with Amos Chambers, a salesman at Crystal Dairy.

Today

1576 East 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 396 East 2nd (1978), 1928 East 2nd (1989) and 2109 East 2nd (1967) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 101 East 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Chamberses

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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.