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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Edmistons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Edmiston 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 Edmistons 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

    1228 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • William Edmiston, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Godley at 1224 and F Zick at 1236. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    528 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C Edmiston, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Major at 542. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8241 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W Edmiston, a carpenter 1940
    • Janet Edmiston, widow of R 1940
  4. 4

    7705 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W B Edmiston, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Gascoyne at 7735. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    7830 Yukon Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • R Edmiston, a refrigeration engineer 1940
    • Cath Edmiston 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a carpenter, a decorator, a laborer and a refrigeration engineer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 William Edmiston at 1228 East 18th Avenue, retired. C Edmiston is listed at 528 East 28th Avenue 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 Charles Edmiston there as the householder, a decorator.

W Edmiston is listed at 8241 Oak Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Edmiston there as the householder, a carpenter, with Janet Edmiston, widow of R. W B Edmiston is listed at 7705 Prince Albert Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William B Edmiston there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

R Edmiston is listed at 7830 Yukon Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Edmiston there as the householder, a refrigeration engineer, with Cath Edmiston.

Today

1228 East 18th, 7705 Prince Albert and 7830 Yukon still have their buildings from before 1946, 1228 East 18th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 528 East 28th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8241 Oak, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments
21 May 1929 Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments. Not at the house at 8241 Oak: no archive photo of the 8200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 453-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Edmistons

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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.