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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haslams

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Haslam at four 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 Haslams 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

    982 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sam Haslam 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 976. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    960 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Haslam, a salesman at Riddell, Keenlyside & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Annex Rosemont at 948. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2636 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Haslam, widow of G S 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Westall at 2630 and Mrs C M Bell at 2638. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1663 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J B Haslam 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Laverty at 1653 and Sing Wing at 1667. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Strathcona 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam Haslam at 982 East Pender Street. J A Haslam is listed at 960 Jervis Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Haslam there as the householder, a salesman at Riddell, Keenlyside & Co.

Mrs M Haslam is listed at 2636 West 3rd 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 Mary Haslam there as the householder, widow of G S. J B Haslam is listed at 1663 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jack B Haslam there as the householder.

Today

2636 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 982 East Pender, 960 Jervis and 1663 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Haslams

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.