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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lansdownes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Lansdowne at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Lansdownes 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

    1115 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lansdowne (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Davis at 1111 and W A Campbell at 1117. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    838 Smithe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss J E Lansdowne 1940
    • Janet E Lansdowne, a stenographer at Universal Appraisal 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Whitlam at 826 and A C Terryberry at 850. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3449 West 40th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Helen C Lansdowne, a maid for T C McAlpine 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Lambert at 3435 and Mrs C Smith at 3463. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a maid and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and West End. 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 Lansdowne (no first name printed) at 1115 Nelson Street. Miss J E Lansdowne is listed at 838 Smithe Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Janet E Lansdowne there as the householder, a stenographer at Universal Appraisal. The 1940 name section lists Helen C Lansdowne at 3449 West 40th Avenue, a maid for T C McAlpine.

Today

3449 West 40th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 1115 Nelson (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 838 Smithe, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Lansdownes

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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.