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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Heaps

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Heap 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 Heaps 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

    3216 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F W Heap, a laborer at Buckerfields 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Davidson at 3230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    518 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ernest Heap, proprietor of Glasgow Tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel at 514 and Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1724 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Maxwell Heap, a clerk at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L McNeill at 1712 and G H Fry at 1736. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1770 West 38th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • M K Heap, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T B Randall at 1750 and T W Greer at 1790. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a laborer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and Shaughnessy. 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 F W Heap at 3216 Kitchener 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick W Heap there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfields. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Heap at 518 Richards Street, proprietor of Glasgow Tailors. The 1940 name section lists Maxwell Heap at 1724 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at the Bank of Nova Scotia.

In 1940 the directory lists M K Heap at 1770 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Maxwell K Heap there as the householder, retired.

Today

518 Richards and 1770 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946, 518 Richards on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3216 Kitchener (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1724 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.