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The Clapps

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Clapp at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Clapps 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

    1111 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • R J Clapp, a logger who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Bremner at 1109 and N Nelson at 1115. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    869 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W D Clapp, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Brown at 865 and B Zabenski at 873. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    706 West 23rd Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W N Clapp, a salesman at Rae-Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Simpson at 716. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1364 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A N Clapp, a driver at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Holt at 1358 and J H Edamura at 1372. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3321 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G A Clapp, a driver at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J C Jarvis at 3315 and D H McKay at 3331. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a driver (2), a logger and rooms to let, an on active service and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 R J Clapp, rooms to let, at 1111 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert J Clapp there, a logger who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists W D Clapp at 869 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William D Clapp there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists W N Clapp at 706 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred N Clapp there as the householder, a salesman at Rae-Son. In 1940 the directory lists A N Clapp at 1364 West 7th 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 Albert N Clapp there as the householder, a driver at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Clapp at 3321 Windsor Street. The 1940 name section lists George A Clapp there as the householder, a driver at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Today

869 West 18th and 3321 Windsor still have their buildings from before 1946; 1111 Haro (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 706 West 23rd and 1364 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.