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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Imlahs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Imlah 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. The most under one roof: four Imlahs at 1961 West 45th in 1940.

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Where the Imlahs 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

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Imlah, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2954 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Imlah, a waiter at the Empress Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Paton at 2946 and F Fox at 2960. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    575 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Gladys Imlah, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W McMeekin at 567. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1961 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A Imlah, retired 1940
    • Florence Imlah, a stenographer 1940
    • Helen M Imlah, a nurse for F D Tepoorten 1940
    • Lillian S Imlah, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Ratz at 1953 and A Aird at 1969. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a stenographer (2), a miner, a nurse, a waiter and a ward assistant.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Strathcona. 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 J Imlah at 917 Main Street, a miner. J Imlah is listed at 2954 Turner Street 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 John Imlah there as the householder, a waiter at the Empress Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Gladys Imlah at 575 West 10th Avenue, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists A Imlah at 1961 West 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Imlah there as the householder, retired, with Florence Imlah, a stenographer, Helen M Imlah, a nurse for F D Tepoorten, and Lillian S Imlah, a stenographer.

Today

917 Main still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2954 Turner (1978), 575 West 10th (1980) and 1961 West 45th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Imlahs

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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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.