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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Moldowans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Moldowan at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Moldowans 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

    1955 Larch Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Moldowan, of Cascade Machinery 1940
    • William Moldowan 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Main at 1965. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1325 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • L Moldowan, of Cascade Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss S Gibson at 1331. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2416 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R R Moldowan, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Cummins at 2406 and J L Polley at 2426. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists J Moldowan at 1955 Larch Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jacob Moldowan there as the householder, of Cascade Machinery, with William Moldowan. In 1940 the directory lists L Moldowan at 1325 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Louis Moldowan there as the householder, of Cascade Machinery.

In 1940 the directory lists R R Moldowan at 2416 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ron R Moldowan there as the householder, a clerk.

Today

1955 Larch, 1325 Pendrell and 2416 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church
1912 Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church. Not at the house at 1955 Larch: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P122. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.