A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Monkhouses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Monkhouse at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Monkhouses lived
- 1
137 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Monkhouse, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: Great West Elec & Radio at 135 and Carrie's Dress Shop at 139. The block, door by door
- 2
1109 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- W J Monkhouse, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: A Russen at 1113. The block, door by door
- 3
1143 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Margaret Monkhouse, an operator at Vancouver Dry Goods 1940
Next door in 1940: A Carter at 1135 and C E Brown at 1149. The block, door by door
- 4
1400 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- H Monkhouse, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Crawford at 1402. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fisherman, an operator and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and Strathcona. 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 J Monkhouse at 137 East Hastings Street, a fisherman. W J Monkhouse is listed at 1109 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Monkhouse there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Monkhouse at 1143 Haro Street, an operator at Vancouver Dry Goods.
In 1940 the directory lists H Monkhouse, rooms to let, at 1400 Robson Street.
Today
137 East Hastings and 1143 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946; 1109 East Pender (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1400 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Monkhouse J fshrmn137 East Hastings, p. 437
- Monkhouse W J1109 East Pender, p. 127
- Monkhouse Wm J slsmn Assoc Dairies1109 East Pender, p. 437
- Monkhouse Margt opr Van Dry Gds1143 Haro, p. 437
- Monkhouse H rooms1400 Robson, p. 144
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Monkhouses
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.