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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lathams

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Latham at ten addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Leatham. 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 Lathams 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

    904 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Latham 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Parham at 902 and Thea Equip Supp at 906. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    526 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G N Latham, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Moore at 530. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    636 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Latham, in heating and oil burners 1940
  4. 4

    84 East 41st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P Latham, a warehouseman at Coast Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: V C Farnsworth at 60 and C C Collicutt at 96. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    325 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F Latham, a salesman at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Garvin Ice & Fuel (whse) at 321. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    767 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • George Latham 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Ishii at 763 and H Yuen at 773. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1709 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • G Latham, a heating and oil burner contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Charlton at 1731. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    548 Thurlow Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ernest Latham, an assistant engineer for Central Creameries 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Benna at 540 and Mrs I F Love at 550. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2104 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs L D Leatham, widow of I 1940
    • Enid H Leatham, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Krempeaux at 2116. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    726 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Elsie V Latham 1940

    Next door in 1940: T La Brie at 734. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: an assistant engineer, a clerk, a heating and oil burner contractor, a salesman and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Strathcona 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 George Latham at 904 Davie Street. G N Latham is listed at 526 Drake Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George N Latham there as the householder, retired.

G Latham, in heating and oil burners, is listed at 636 Drake Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Latham there. P Latham is listed at 84 East 41st Avenue in 1940; 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 Peter Latham there as the householder, a gardener, with Peter Latham Jr, a warehouseman at Coast Paper.

F Latham is listed at 325 East 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Latham there as the householder, a salesman at Garvin Ice & Fuel. The 1940 name section lists George Latham at 767 East Georgia Street.

In 1940 the directory lists G Latham at 1709 Haro Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Latham there as the householder, a heating and oil burner contractor. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Latham at 548 Thurlow Street, an assistant engineer for Central Creameries.

Mrs L D Leatham is listed at 2104 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leta D Leatham there as the householder, widow of I, with Enid H Leatham, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Elsie V Latham at 726 West 8th Avenue.

Today

904 Davie (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 526 Drake, 636 Drake, 84 East 41st, 325 East 5th, 767 East Georgia, 1709 Haro, 548 Thurlow, 2104 West 37th and 726 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 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

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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.