A family name on East 19th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Jameses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named James at two addresses in 1940, all on East 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the James name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Jameses lived
- 1
212 East 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- James 1940
- James (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: H Simpson at 210 and S Cain at 232. The block, door by door
- 2
223 East 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J James, a clerk at Pacific Coast Fire Insurance 1940
- Albert H James, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Basey at 221 and J Armstrong at 225. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2). 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 James at 212 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James (no first name printed) there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J James at 223 East 19th Avenue; 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 James there as the householder, retired, with John R James, a clerk at Pacific Coast Fire Insurance, and Albert H James, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation.
Today
The City no longer lists 212 East 19th and 223 East 19th, so those buildings are 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.
- James212 East 19th, p. 228
- James —212 East 19th, p. 300
- *James J223 East 19th, p. 228
- James Albt H sch tchr Bby Corpn223 East 19th, p. 300
- James John retired223 East 19th, p. 300
- James John R clk Pac Coast Fire Ins223 East 19th, p. 300
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Jameses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the James 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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
Another name, or a house
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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.