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The Champions

In the city directories 1940 · 16 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 16 people named Champion at eleven addresses in 1940 in seven 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: three Champions at 3496 West Broadway in 1940.

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Where the Champions 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

    269 East 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F Champion 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Austin at 265. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    470 East 41st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R Bertram Champion, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M McIntosh at 478. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8712 Fremlin Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • H L Champion, a saw filer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Walker at 8762. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Bud Champion 1940
    • L waiter Champion 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3786 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L J Champion, a cooper 1940
    • Wilfred Champion 1940

    Next door in 1940: P A McLeod at 3746. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1183 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • G Champion, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Degg at 1169. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1436 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Champion, retired 1940
    • M Iona Champion, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nicholson at 1454. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    8508 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W M Champion, a fitter at H M Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Paterson at 8532. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    643 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • R G Champion, a building contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cameron at 633 and G K Low at 659. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3496 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H S Champion, retired 1940
    • Mrs Christine R Champion, proprietor of Collingwood Confectionery 1940
    • Valerie N Champion, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wind Shade Renew Kitsilano at 3492. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1259 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Doris E Champion, a clerk at Vancouver Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Morris at 1241 and L Dixon at 1269. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 16: a clerk, a cooper, a fitter, a proprietor, a saw filer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Marpole (2), Riley Park (2), West End (2), Kitsilano, Oakridge and Sunset. 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 F Champion at 269 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Franklin J Champion there. The 1940 name section lists R Bertram Champion at 470 East 41st Avenue, retired.

H L Champion is listed at 8712 Fremlin Street 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 Harvey L Champion there as the householder, a saw filer. The 1940 name section lists Bud Champion at 1212 Granville Street, with L waiter Champion.

In 1940 the directory lists L J Champion at 3786 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Lionel J Champion there as the householder, a cooper, with Wilfred Champion. In 1940 the directory lists G Champion at 1183 Pacific Street. The 1940 name section lists George Champion there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists A Champion at 1436 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert Champion there as the householder, retired, with M Iona Champion, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists W M Champion at 8508 Shaughnessy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William M Champion there as the householder, a fitter at H M Shingle.

In 1940 the directory lists R G Champion, a building contractor, at 643 West 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. H S Champion is listed at 3496 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Sprague Champion there as the householder, retired, with Mrs Christine R Champion, proprietor of Collingwood Confectionery, and Valerie N Champion, a student. The 1940 name section lists Doris E Champion at 1259 West Georgia Street, a clerk at Vancouver Drug.

Today

1212 Granville and 1436 Pendrell still have their buildings from before 1946, 1436 Pendrell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 470 East 41st (2002) and 8508 Shaughnessy (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 269 East 23rd, 8712 Fremlin, 3786 Main, 1183 Pacific, 643 West 52nd, 3496 West Broadway and 1259 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 23 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Champions

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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.