A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Chapmans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Chapman at one address, 65 West 20th Avenue in Riley Park, 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
- 1
65 West 20th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- E Chapman, a farmer 1940
- Beatrice Chapman, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G Ennis at 59 and M W Buck at 91. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a farmer and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Riley Park. 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 E Chapman at 65 West 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward Chapman there as the householder, a farmer, with Beatrice Chapman, a nurse.
Today
65 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Chapman E65 West 20th, p. 230
- Chapman Beatrice nurse65 West 20th, p. 105
- Chapman Edw farmer65 West 20th, 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.