A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Chapmans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Chapman at one address, 4208 West 13th Avenue in West Point Grey, in 1940. 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.
The Chapmans at home
Point Grey
- 1
4208 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C F Chapman, of Murphy & Chapman 1940
- Arthur E Chapman, a clerk 1940
- Dora Chapman 1940
Next door in 1940: L S Carr at 4218. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West Point Grey. 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 F Chapman at 4208 West 13th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles F Chapman there as the householder, of Murphy & Chapman, with Arthur E Chapman, a clerk, and Dora Chapman.
Today
4208 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Chapman C F4208 West 13th, p. 213
- Chapman Arth E clk4208 West 13th, p. 105
- Chapman Chas F of Murphy & Chapman4208 West 13th, p. 105
- Chapman Dora4208 West 13th, p. 105
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.