A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Masons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Mason at three addresses in 1940, all on West 6th Avenue, with the close spellings Masson and Maison. 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 69 other streets too, all listed on the Mason name's own page.
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Where the Masons lived
- 1
3155 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G Mason, a secretary-treasurer for Empress Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: C O Case at 3131 and H N Parker at 3161. The block, door by door
- 2
3254 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H T R Mason, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: B H Bell at 3250 and E E Corcoran at 3256. The block, door by door
- 3
3336 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C A Mason, a superintendent at the Terminal City Iron Works 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Clark at 3322 and E J House at 3350. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a secretary-treasurer and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 G Mason at 3155 West 6th Avenue; 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 George Mason there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer for Empress Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists H T R Mason at 3254 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert T R Mason there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
In 1940 the directory lists C A Mason at 3336 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clif A Mason there as the householder, a superintendent at the Terminal City Iron Works.
Today
3155 West 6th and 3336 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3254 West 6th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Mason G3155 West 6th, p. 188
- Mason Geo sec-treas Empress Dairies3155 West 6th, p. 418
- Mason H T R3254 West 6th, p. 189
- Mason Herbt T R clk Van City3254 West 6th, p. 418
- *Mason C A3336 West 6th, p. 189
- Mason Clif A supt Term City Iron Wks3336 West 6th, p. 418
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Masons
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.