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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maases

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Maas at two addresses in 1940 in Victoria-Fraserview. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Maases lived

  1. 1

    6151 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • E S Maas, a warehouseman at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Ernest R Maas 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Whitehead at 6143 and J Howard at 6167. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5828 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H H Maas, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Henry at 5820 and W T White at 5846. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a baker and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2). 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 E S Maas at 6151 Beatrice 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 Ernest S Maas there as the householder, a warehouseman at Imperial Oil, with Ernest R Maas. In 1940 the directory lists H H Maas at 5828 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section lists Hubert H Maas there as the householder, a baker.

Today

6151 Beatrice (2001) and 5828 Dumfries (1987) have newer buildings, 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.
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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.