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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Northrups

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Northrup at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Northrups 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

    859 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • N I Northrup, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: cameron (the) at 855 and 9 listings at 885. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4228 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • B O Northrup, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Weeks at 4224 and C W Henson at 4238. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3569 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K L Northrup, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Smith at 3565 and R G Stevenson at 3575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1960 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W E Northrup, an accountant at Marpole Coal 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Evoy at 1956 and L T Gaskill at 1970. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an accountant, a painter, a salesman and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, West End and West Point Grey. 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 N I Northrup at 859 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman I Northrup there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists B O Northrup at 4228 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Burton O Northrup there as the householder, a painter.

In 1940 the directory lists K L Northrup at 3569 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ken L Northrup there as the householder, a warehouseman at Slade & Stewart. In 1940 the directory lists W E Northrup at 1960 West 43rd 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). The 1940 name section lists Waldo E Northrup there as the householder, an accountant at Marpole Coal.

Today

859 Thurlow, 4228 West 14th and 1960 West 43rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 859 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3569 West 18th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.