A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
The Chapmans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Chapman at two addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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.
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Where the Chapmans lived
- 1
24 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C N Chapman, a lessee at Standard Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Thornton at 2 and E Gagnon at 42. The block, door by door
- 2
109 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Chapman 1940
- John Chapman, a printer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mayfair Candy Co at 107 and P D Reid at 147. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a lessee and a printer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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
In 1940 the directory lists C N Chapman at 24 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists C Norman Chapman there as the householder, a lessee at Standard Oil. In 1940 the directory lists Chapman at 109 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists John Chapman there as the householder, a printer.
Today
The City no longer lists 24 East Broadway and 109 East Broadway, 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 C N24 East Broadway, p. 14
- Chapman C Norman lessee Standard Oil24 East Broadway, p. 105
- Chapman109 East Broadway, p. 15
- Chapman John prntr Mc Mc & Prior109 East Broadway, p. 106
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.