A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Chapmans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Chapman at four addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street. 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 71 other streets too, all listed on the Chapman name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Chapmans lived
- 1
1129 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Harry Chapman 1940
Next door in 1940: E Carley at 1127 and Mrs K Reed at 1133. The block, door by door
- 2
1823 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Gladys Chapman 1940
Next door in 1940: M H McGeough at 1833. The block, door by door
- 3
1860 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Chapman (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Fairbairn at 1844 and Mrs M E Anthony at 1890. The block, door by door
- 4
1924 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Lillian G Chapman, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: J K H Currie at 1938. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Harry Chapman at 1129 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gladys Chapman at 1823 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Chapman (no first name printed) at 1860 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists Lillian G Chapman at 1924 Comox Street, widow of C.
Today
1924 Comox (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1129 Comox, 1823 Comox and 1860 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Chapman Harry1129 Comox, p. 106
- Chapman Mrs Gladys1823 Comox, p. 106
- Chapman Miss —1860 Comox, p. 105
- Chapman Lillian G wid C1924 Comox, p. 106
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Chapmans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Chapman 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.