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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Normands

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Normand at three 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 Normands 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

    2470 East 39th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H Normand 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Brown at 2456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2530 Manitoba Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs R Normand 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Tuxford at 2528 and G Cooper at 2540. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Normand 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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

In 1940 the directory lists H Normand at 2470 East 39th 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). Mrs R Normand is listed at 2530 Manitoba Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists H Normand at 1009 West 10th Avenue.

Today

2530 Manitoba and 1009 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1009 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2470 East 39th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Normands

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.