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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Chapins

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Chapin at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Chapins 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

    6819 Lancaster Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • F L Chapin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E F Fry at 6853. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1969 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Vincent L Chapin, an inspector at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Yaker at 1965 and Shell Oil Serv Sta at 1995. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2731 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R Chapin, who worked for Otis-Fensom Elevator 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Hutchinson at 2717 and S P McIlveen at 2735. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an inspector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Killarney. 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 L Chapin at 6819 Lancaster Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick L Chapin there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Vincent L Chapin at 1969 West 10th Avenue, an inspector at American Can.

R Chapin is listed at 2731 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy Chapin there as the householder, who worked for Otis-Fensom Elevator.

Today

2731 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6819 Lancaster (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1969 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Chapins

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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.