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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Clagues

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Clague at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Clagues lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1926 Ogden Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Cath M Clague, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: M O Leitch at 1916 and W E Ward at 1948. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5218 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J H Clague, a carpenter at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Lang at 5206 and C D Coffin at 5230. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3146 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J E Clague, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Pearmain at 3128 and W D Greyell at 3160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath M Clague at 1926 Ogden Avenue, widow of J. J H Clague is listed at 5218 Prince Edward Street in 1940; 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 Joseph H Clague there as the householder, a carpenter at the CNR.

J E Clague is listed at 3146 West King Edward Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John E Clague there as the householder, a school teacher.

Today

1926 Ogden and 5218 Prince Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3146 West King Edward, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Clagues

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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.