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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mayers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Mayer at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Mayers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    407 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Mayer 1940
    • Victor F Mayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: chester court at 475. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ada Mayer, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2119 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Mayer, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McIntosh at 2113 and J O'Neill at 2135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3505 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Alma Mayer, a maid for G M Thompson 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Ferguson at 3515. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2199 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Harry Mayer, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A R Mason at 2177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a maid, a nurse and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and West End. 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 John Mayer at 407 Bute Street, with Victor F Mayer. The 1940 name section lists Ada Mayer at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists A Mayer at 2119 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert Mayer there as the householder, a painter.

The 1940 name section lists Alma Mayer at 3505 West 16th Avenue, a maid for G M Thompson. The 1940 name section lists Harry Mayer at 2199 West 4th Avenue, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Today

3505 West 16th and 2199 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2199 West 4th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 407 Bute, 1056 Comox and 2119 Dundas, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Mayers

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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.