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A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Metcalfes

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Metcalfe at two addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue, with the close spelling Metcalf. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Metcalfe name's own page.

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Where the Metcalfes 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

    1580 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs I Metcalf, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: L F Harbottle at 1578. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2605 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J B Metcalf, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Cartwright at 2617. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a porter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs I Metcalf at 1580 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Isobel Metcalf there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists J B Metcalf at 2605 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John B Metcalf there as the householder, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

The City no longer lists 1580 West 5th and 2605 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Metcalfes

Every directory, as one book

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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.