A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
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 Granville 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
1125 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Albert Chapman, a manager at Retail Credit Grantors Bailiffs 1940
Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door
- 2
1261 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Frank Chapman 1940
Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door
- 3
7991 Granville Street
Marpole, 1940
- H W Chapman, a grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Davis at 7977. The block, door by door
- 4
8041 Granville Street
Marpole, 1940
- G Chapman, a photographer 1940
Next door in 1940: G Wakabayashi at 8055. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Chapman at 1125 Granville Street, a manager at Retail Credit Grantors Bailiffs. The 1940 name section lists Frank Chapman at 1261 Granville Street. In 1940 the directory lists H W Chapman, a grocer, at 7991 Granville Street.
G Chapman is listed at 8041 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Chapman there as the householder, a photographer.
Today
1125 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 8041 Granville (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 7991 Granville, 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.
- Chapman Albt mgr Retail Cr Grantors Bailiffs1125 Granville, p. 105
- Chapman Frank1261 Granville, p. 106
- Chapman H W gro7991 Granville, p. 68
- Chapman G8041 Granville, p. 68
- Chapman Geo photog8041 Granville, 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.