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A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Jameses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named James at three addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. 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 Jameses at 3884 West 16th in 1940. 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

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

    805 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • N V James 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Greatorex at 811. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    958 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W H James, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Watson at 948 and Mrs B Peters at 970. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3884 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W James, proprietor of Bill's Barber Shop 1940
    • Evelyn G James 1940
    • H W John James 1940
    • Mrs Maud James, a housekeeper for W E G Macdonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Gelfond at 3870 and W H Morrow at 3894. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a housekeeper, a postman and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and West Point Grey. 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 N V James at 805 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman V James there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W H James at 958 West 16th 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 William H James there as the householder, a postman.

In 1940 the directory lists W James at 3884 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William James there as the householder, proprietor of Bill's Barber Shop, with Evelyn G James, H W John James, and Mrs Maud James, a housekeeper for W E G Macdonald.

Today

3884 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 805 West 16th and 958 West 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.