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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Chapmans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Chapman at three addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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

    2365 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Chapman, a manager at Empire Brass 1940
    • Lloyd H Chapman, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H McBride at 2355 and G Manson at 2375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3730 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G Chapman, an assistant appraiser at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Petrie at 3722 and G Meiklejohn at 3738. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4305 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J A Chapman, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Asquith at 4311. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant appraiser, a manager and a shopman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Chapman at 2365 West 15th 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 Chapman there as the householder, a manager at Empire Brass, with Lloyd H Chapman, a student. In 1940 the directory lists G Chapman at 3730 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Chapman there as the householder, an assistant appraiser at the Customs.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Chapman at 4305 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Chapman there as the householder, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.

Today

2365 West 15th and 3730 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4305 West 15th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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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Every directory, as one book

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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.