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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Londons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named London at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Londons 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

    2623 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M M London, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald Motor 1940
    • Ron London 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Enright at 2603 and H W Vosper at 2629. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1368 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • S London, a clerk for S Rothstein 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gifford Hotel at 1348 and Mrs B A Shirley at 1374. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5 West 2nd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R London, a millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Singh at 17. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    54 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Lewis A London, a salesman at Crystal Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hart at 46 and W S Evans at 60. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    603 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A London, proprietor of Seymour Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Post Fund Last at 601 and Pitman's Optical House at 605. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1427 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • T W B London, a president at BC District Telegraph & Delivery and a vice-president at Kinetic Motor Division 1940
  7. 7

    1074 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Roy London, a janitor for Kenora Lodge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Terminal Sht Mtl Wks at 1090. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a clerk, a janitor, a mechanic, a millworker, a president and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Shaughnessy 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

In 1940 the directory lists M M London at 2623 East 7th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Maurice M London there as the householder, a mechanic at Bowell McDonald Motor, with Ron London. In 1940 the directory lists S London at 1368 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Sam London there as the householder, a clerk for S Rothstein.

The 1940 name section lists R London at 5 West 2nd Avenue, a millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Lewis A London at 54 West 7th Avenue, a salesman at Crystal Dairy. In 1940 the directory lists J A London at 603 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists John A London there as the householder, proprietor of Seymour Taxi.

In 1940 the directory lists T W B London at 1427 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Tampion W B London there as the householder, a president at BC District Telegraph & Delivery and a vice-president at Kinetic Motor Division. The 1940 name section lists Roy London at 1074 West Pender Street, a janitor for Kenora Lodge.

Today

1427 West King Edward still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2623 East 7th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1368 Robson, 54 West 7th, 603 West Hastings and 1074 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 5 West 2nd, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.