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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mayeses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Mayes at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Mayeses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Three addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3263 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L V Mayes, a warehouseman for Davis White 1940
    • M Elaine Mayes 1940

    Next door in 1940: T R Markham at 3259. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1866 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Mayes 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Allwood at 1858. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8564 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W Mayes, a druggist 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Freeman at 8544 and D A Cameron at 8592. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5804 Sherbrooke Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Mayes, a laborer 1940
    • Ivy Mayes, a packer at National Biscuit 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a druggist, a laborer, a packer and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole and Sunset. 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 L V Mayes at 3263 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard V Mayes there as the householder, a warehouseman for Davis White, with M Elaine Mayes. In 1940 the directory lists F Mayes at 1866 East 12th 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 lists Frank Mayes there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists W Mayes at 8564 Shaughnessy Street. The 1940 name section lists Warren Mayes there as the householder, a druggist. In 1940 the directory lists A Mayes at 5804 Sherbrooke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Mayes there as the householder, a laborer, with Ivy Mayes, a packer at National Biscuit.

Today

1866 East 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 3263 Charles (2006) and 5804 Sherbrooke (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8564 Shaughnessy, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 3263 Charles: no archive photo of the 3200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mayeses

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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.