A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Males
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Male 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 Males at 1775 West 7th in 1940.
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Where the Males lived
- 1
2802 Grant Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Nellie C Male, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Rowett at 2816. The block, door by door
- 2
1775 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs H M Male 1940
- Alfred W Male, a helper at National Biscuit 1940
- Irene D Male, a domestic 1940
Next door in 1940: S J Parkes at 1773 and W Wood at 1785. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a domestic and a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Nellie C Male at 2802 Grant Street, widow of J. Mrs H M Male is listed at 1775 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hilda M Male there as the householder, with Alfred W Male, a helper at National Biscuit, and Irene D Male, a domestic.
Today
2802 Grant (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1775 West 7th, so that building is 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.
- Male Nellie C wid J2802 Grant, p. 406
- Male Mrs H M1775 West 7th, p. 192
- Male Alfd W hlpr Natl Biscuit1775 West 7th, p. 406
- Male Mrs Hilda M1775 West 7th, p. 406
- Male Irene D dom1775 West 7th, p. 406
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Males
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Male 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.