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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lushes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Lush 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 Lushes 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

    4024 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Clara Lush 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Harper at 4034. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3510 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W Lush, an assistant manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sinclair at 3504 and J A Duclos at 3518. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2173 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ernest Lush, a news agent at the Canada Railway News 1940
  4. 4

    225 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F Lush, a fireman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Saruyama at 223 and R Pasiaud at 227. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1425 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Lush, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Sproul at 1421 and J E Keil at 1445. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1584 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • James E Lush, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Nadeau at 1574 and C C Dodd at 1598. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1396 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • May Lush, a seamstress 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Anderson at 1384. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an assistant manager, a fireman, a laborer, a millworker, a news agent and a seamstress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Clara Lush at 4024 West 15th Avenue. J W Lush is listed at 3510 West 20th 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 John W Lush there as the householder, an assistant manager. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Lush at 2173 West 3rd Avenue, a news agent at the Canada Railway News.

In 1940 the directory lists F Lush at 225 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank Lush there as the householder, a fireman at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists H Lush at 1425 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Lush there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists James E Lush at 1584 West 6th Avenue, a millworker at BC Plywoods. The 1940 name section lists May Lush at 1396 West 7th Avenue, a seamstress.

Today

4024 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 3510 West 20th (2018) and 1425 West 6th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2173 West 3rd, 225 West 6th, 1584 West 6th and 1396 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Lushes

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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.