A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
The Jameses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named James at three addresses in 1940, all on Robson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.
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Where the Jameses lived
- 1
1049 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Percy James, proprietor of Kensington Arts 1940
Next door in 1940: T Beggs at 1041 and F Hollingworth at 1067. The block, door by door
- 2
1222 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- John E James, a druggist at Stanley Park Pharmacy 1940
Next door in 1940: Galleries Vanderpant at 1216 and nottingham (the) at 1234. The block, door by door
- 3
1729 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Beatrice E James, a waitress at Morray's Fountain Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: Fox Home Bky at 1723 and T H Schaffer at 1735. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a druggist, a proprietor and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 Percy James at 1049 Robson Street, proprietor of Kensington Arts. The 1940 name section lists John E James at 1222 Robson Street, a druggist at Stanley Park Pharmacy. The 1940 name section lists Beatrice E James at 1729 Robson Street, a waitress at Morray's Fountain Lunch.
Today
The City no longer lists 1049 Robson, 1222 Robson and 1729 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- James Percy prop Kensington Arts1049 Robson, p. 300
- James John E druggist Stanley Pk Pharm1222 Robson, p. 300
- James Beatrice E waitress Morray's Fountain Lunch1729 Robson, p. 300
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.
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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.