A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Lyfords
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Lyford 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 Lyfords at 1738 East 2nd in 1940.
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Where the Lyfords lived
- 1
1738 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F H Lyford, retired 1940
- Frederick W Lyford, a laborer at Canadian Wood Pipe 1940
- Walter Lyford, an apprentice at Canadian Wood Products 1940
Next door in 1940: clement apts at 1728 and J N Stoutenburg at 1740. The block, door by door
- 2
736 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- P L Lyford, a forest engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an apprentice and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Grandview-Woodland. 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 H Lyford at 1738 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick H Lyford there as the householder, retired, with Frederick W Lyford, a laborer at Canadian Wood Pipe, and Walter Lyford, an apprentice at Canadian Wood Products. In 1940 the directory lists P L Lyford, a forest engineer, at 736 Granville Street.
Today
736 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1738 East 2nd (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lyford F H1738 East 2nd, p. 175
- Lyford Fredk H retired1738 East 2nd, p. 360
- Lyford Fredk W lab Can Wood Pipe1738 East 2nd, p. 360
- Lyford Walter appr Can Wood Prods1738 East 2nd, p. 360
- Lyford P L forest eng736 Granville, p. 65
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lyfords
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lyford 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.