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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Loftings

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Lofting at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Loftings 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

    626 Slocan Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W C Lofting, a butter and eggs wholesale 1940
    • Eleanor Lofting, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Arnett at 624 and J Jamieson at 628. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3421 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Walter E Lofting, an egg grader 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Dallin at 3407 and E R Livingstone at 3435. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a butter and eggs wholesale and an egg grader. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 W C Lofting, in butter and eggs, at 626 Slocan Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William C Lofting there, a butter and eggs wholesale, with Eleanor Lofting, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Walter E Lofting at 3421 West 38th Avenue, an egg grader.

Today

626 Slocan and 3421 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946.

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, street section

The book of the Loftings

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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.