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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Landons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Landon at five 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.

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Where the Landons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2830 Heather Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • J E Landon, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Stacey at 2838. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1066 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F E Landon, widow of W J 1940
    • William A Landon, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Hersey at 1058. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5662 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G L Landon, a district agriculturist at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Graham at 5638. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    525 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ernest Landon, a sales manager at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hodgins at 527. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4548 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Hiram Landon, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Macmillan at 4540 and W A Sutton at 4554. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a district agriculturist, a driver, a millworker and a sales manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Arbutus Ridge, West End 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J E Landon at 2830 Heather Street, a millworker. Mrs F E Landon is listed at 1066 Pacific Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Fannie E Landon there as the householder, widow of W J, with William A Landon, a driver.

G L Landon is listed at 5662 Trafalgar Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon L Landon there as the householder, a district agriculturist at the BC Government. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Landon at 525 West 10th Avenue, a sales manager at Alberta Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Hiram Landon at 4548 West 6th Avenue, retired.

Today

4548 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 525 West 10th (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2830 Heather and 1066 Pacific, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 5662 Trafalgar, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Landons

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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.