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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Longstaffs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Longstaff 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 Longstaffs 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

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C W Longstaffe 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1973 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Doris M Langstaff, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S C Robertson at 1951. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    785 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • A F Longstaff, a clerk at Canadian Bakeries 1940
    • F Arthur Longstaff 1940

    Next door in 1940: A N Filmer at 777. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, South Cambie 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 C W Longstaffe at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Doris M Langstaff at 1973 Robson Street, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists A F Longstaff at 785 West 20th 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 lists Albert F Longstaff there as the householder, a clerk at Canadian Bakeries, with F Arthur Longstaff.

Today

785 West 20th (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 123 Powell and 1973 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Longstaffs

Every directory, as one book

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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.