A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Loops
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Loop 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. The most under one roof: three Loops at 2991 East Georgia in 1940.
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Where the Loops lived
- 1
2991 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F Loop, a carpenter 1940
- Gilbert Loop, who worked for Restmore 1940
- Stan R Loop, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Small at 2933. The block, door by door
- 2
3869 Main Street
Riley Park, 1940
- R Loop, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: F O Walmsley at 3871. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a clerk, an employee and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Riley Park. 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 F Loop at 2991 East Georgia Street; 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 Frank Loop there as the householder, a carpenter, with Gilbert Loop, who worked for Restmore, and Stan R Loop, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists R Loop at 3869 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Roy Loop there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.
Today
2991 East Georgia (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3869 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Loop F2991 East Georgia, p. 56
- Loop Frank carp2991 East Georgia, p. 355
- Loop Gilbt emp Restmore2991 East Georgia, p. 355
- Loop Stan R clk HBC2991 East Georgia, p. 355
- Loop R3869 Main, p. 109
- Loop Roy lab Can White Pine3869 Main, p. 355
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Loops
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Loop name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.