A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Flowerses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Flowers at four 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.
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Where the Flowerses lived
- 1
3607 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Norma Flowers, a stenographer 1940
- Patricia Flowers 1940
Next door in 1940: J A B Sharp at 3631. The block, door by door
- 2
1067 East 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- William H Flowers, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: A MacLean at 1061 and J S Murakami at 1071. The block, door by door
- 3
3969 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E Flowers 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Armstrong at 3961 and C E Kaufmann at 3977. The block, door by door
- 4
116 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- William E Flowers, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: black & white hat store at 112 and Toric Optical Co at 118. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer, a porter and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown and Mount Pleasant. 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 Norma Flowers at 3607 Dunbar Street, a stenographer, with Patricia Flowers. The 1940 name section lists William H Flowers at 1067 East 12th Avenue, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Flowers at 3969 West 31st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Emily Flowers there as the householder.
The 1940 name section lists William E Flowers at 116 West Hastings Street, a porter at the CPR.
Today
3607 Dunbar, 1067 East 12th and 116 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 3969 West 31st (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Flowers Norma sten3607 Dunbar, p. 201
- Flowers Patricia3607 Dunbar, p. 201
- Flowers Wm H lab1067 East 12th, p. 201
- Flowers Mrs E3969 West 31st, p. 247
- Flowers Mrs Emily3969 West 31st, p. 201
- Flowers Wm E porter CPR116 West Hastings, p. 201
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Flowerses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Flowers name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.