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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Chapmans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Chapman at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. 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.

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Where the Chapmans 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

    1575 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F M Chapman 1940
    • Marjorie A Chapman 1940

    Next door in 1940: cavendish (the) at 1565 and Miss E K Hipperson at 1585. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1786 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C E Chapman, a jeweller for O B Allan 1940
    • Hubert O Chapman, a salesman for E Chapman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Birkett at 1778 and C W Charles at 1796. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3744 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R J Chapman, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A J Lewis at 3728 and J A McEachern at 3760. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a jeweller and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and 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 F M Chapman at 1575 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank M Chapman there as the householder, with Marjorie A Chapman. In 1940 the directory lists C E Chapman at 1786 West 14th 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 lists Charles E Chapman there as the householder, a jeweller for O B Allan, with Hubert O Chapman, a salesman for E Chapman.

In 1940 the directory lists R J Chapman at 3744 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Chapman there as the householder, a clerk at H R MacMillan Export.

Today

1575 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 3744 West 14th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1786 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.