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A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Lambs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Lamb at three addresses in 1940, all on West 5th 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: three Lambs at 3654 West 5th in 1940. The directories print the name on 43 other streets too, all listed on the Lamb name's own page.

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Where the Lambs 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

    2676 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs S E Lamb 1940
    • Bessie Lamb, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Heaton at 2656 and E J Colton at 2686. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2926 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Thomas Lamb 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fanning at 2910 and R J King at 2950. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3654 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Reginald Lamb 1940
    • Robert A Lamb, a salesman at Stewart-Warner Sales 1940
    • William Lamb 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W H Stearman at 3650 and C H Hewett at 3658. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S E Lamb at 2676 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Sarah E Lamb there as the householder, with Bessie Lamb, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Lamb at 2926 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Lamb at 3654 West 5th Avenue, with Robert A Lamb, a salesman at Stewart-Warner Sales, and William Lamb.

Today

2676 West 5th and 2926 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3654 West 5th (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Lambs

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Lamb 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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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.