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The Esplins

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Esplin at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Esplins 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

    1942 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Alex Esplin, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Crown at 1936. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1942 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Esplin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shell Oil Co at 1926 and C T Yorke at 1986. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    623 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs K Esplin, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Correll at 621 and 4 listings at 625. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3091 Renfrew Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Esplin, retired 1940
  5. 5

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alex E Esplin, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4467 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J W Esplin, a clerk at Empire Stevedoring 1940
    • Roberta S Esplin, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Bruce at 4463 and J W Myers at 4483. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a burner, a clerk and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Alex Esplin at 1942 East 4th Avenue as the householder, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock. A Esplin is listed at 1942 East Broadway in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs K Esplin at 623 Hamilton Street; 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 Kate Esplin there as the householder, widow of W.

In 1940 the directory lists J Esplin at 3091 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Esplin there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Alex E Esplin at 784 Thurlow Street, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated.

J W Esplin is listed at 4467 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Esplin there as the householder, a clerk at Empire Stevedoring, with Roberta S Esplin, a student.

Today

1942 East 4th, 784 Thurlow and 4467 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3091 Renfrew (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1942 East Broadway and 623 Hamilton, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.