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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Earwakers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Earwaker 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. The most under one roof: four Earwakers at 2261 East 45th in 1940.

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Where the Earwakers 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

    2261 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W H Earwaker, a watchman at Vancouver Block 1940
    • Doris A Earwaker, an operator at Bartram Paper Products 1940
    • Leslie F Earwaker, a shoemaker for P Paris 1940
    • William J Earwaker, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Roger at 2247 and Mrs E Kellogg at 2281. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1953 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Earwaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Francis at 1943 and A G Hall at 1957. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3690 Renfrew Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs Annie Earwaker 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a decorator, an operator, a shoemaker and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 W H Earwaker at 2261 East 45th 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 William H Earwaker there as the householder, a watchman at Vancouver Block, with Doris A Earwaker, an operator at Bartram Paper Products, Leslie F Earwaker, a shoemaker for P Paris, and William J Earwaker, a decorator. In 1940 the directory lists T Earwaker at 1953 Grant Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Earwaker there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie Earwaker at 3690 Renfrew Street.

Today

1953 Grant still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 2261 East 45th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3690 Renfrew, 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.