A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Manns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Mann at four addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street, with the close spelling Man. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 40 other streets too, all listed on the Mann name's own page.
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Where the Manns lived
- 1
96 East Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Kong Man, a confectioner 1940
Next door in 1940: House Chop Suey White at 94 and Garden Mandarin at 98. The block, door by door
- 2
149 East Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Chu Man, proprietor of Man Hong Chong Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Tai Shing at 147 and Sang Jong at 153. The block, door by door
- 3
309 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Nam Man 1940
Next door in 1940: Lim Wing at 303 and Relief Hostel Chinese at 311. The block, door by door
- 4
1611 East Pender Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A R Mann 1940
Next door in 1940: S Station at 1629. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 Kong Man, a confectioner, at 96 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Chu Man at 149 East Pender Street, proprietor of Man Hong Chong Co. In 1940 the directory lists Nam Man at 309 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Nam Man there.
In 1940 the directory lists A R Mann at 1611 East Pender Street.
Today
149 East Pender (1947) and 1611 East Pender (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 96 East Pender and 309 East Pender, so those buildings are 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.
- Man Kong confr96 East Pender, p. 126
- Man Chu prop Man Hong Chong Co149 East Pender, p. 406
- Man Nam309 East Pender, p. 127
- Man Nam309 East Pender, p. 406
- Mann A R1611 East Pender, p. 128
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Manns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mann 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.