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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Flowers

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Flower 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. The most under one roof: three Flowers at 1156 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Flowers 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

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M Flower 1940
    • Mary Flower 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2096 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Stan T E Flower, a blacksmith at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Western at 2088. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1156 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M A Flower 1940
    • Betty M L Flower, a clerk for Metro Life 1940
    • Stan A Flower, a clerk at J Richardson & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Nuttall at 1154 and randolph apartments at 1176. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3436 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D H Flower, a serviceman at Radio Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S MacInnes at 3426 and Mrs M M Pollard at 3446. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3060 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs I V Flower, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Kershaw at 3040 and L S Hay at 3072. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    843 Windermere Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Flower, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: P P Smith at 833. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: a clerk (2), a blacksmith and a serviceman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano 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 Miss M Flower at 884 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Flower there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Stan T E Flower at 2096 East 26th Avenue, a blacksmith at the CNR.

Mrs M A Flower is listed at 1156 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs May A Flower there as the householder, with Betty M L Flower, a clerk for Metro Life, and Stan A Flower, a clerk at J Richardson & Son. D H Flower is listed at 3436 West 16th 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 Doug H Flower there as the householder, a serviceman at Radio Sales.

Mrs I V Flower is listed at 3060 West 27th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ina V Flower there as the householder, widow of A. J Flower is listed at 843 Windermere Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Flower there as the householder, retired.

Today

884 Bute and 3436 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946, 884 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2096 East 26th (1992), 1156 West 12th (1957), 3060 West 27th (2012) and 843 Windermere (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.