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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Moulds

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Mould at seven addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Moulds at 7658 Osler in 1940.

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Where the Moulds lived

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

    724 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Robert H Mould, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Quick at 730. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1737 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss R Mould 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Taylor at 1733 and H R Hipwell at 1743. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7658 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • G A Mould, a salesman at Martin & Shannon 1940
    • Jennie M Mould, widow of A J 1940
    • Vera E Mould 1940
  4. 4

    3980 Rupert Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs L Mould, a widow 1940
  5. 5

    1962 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Walter Mould, a moulder at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Nichols at 1950 and R L Finch at 1972. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3728 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Mould, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Richardson at 3716 and Mrs E M Hackett at 3738. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    975 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Mould 1940
    • Sylvia P Mould, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hiebert at 967 and Mrs E N Haag at 977. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the ten: a carpenter, a moulder, a plumber, a salesman and a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Marpole and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Robert H Mould at 724 East 19th Avenue, a plumber. Miss R Mould is listed at 1737 East 7th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists G A Mould at 7658 Osler Street. The 1940 name section lists Gordon A Mould there as the householder, a salesman at Martin & Shannon, with Jennie M Mould, widow of A J, and Vera E Mould.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Mould at 3980 Rupert Street; 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 Louise Mould there as the householder, a widow. The 1940 name section lists Walter Mould at 1962 West 1st Avenue, a moulder at the Vivian Engineering Works.

W Mould is listed at 3728 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Mould there as the householder, a carpenter. Mrs E Mould is listed at 975 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Emily Mould there, with Sylvia P Mould, a school teacher.

Today

724 East 19th, 1737 East 7th and 975 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 975 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 7658 Osler (1967), 3980 Rupert (2004), 1962 West 1st (1963) and 3728 West 22nd (2001) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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

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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.