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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Notmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Notman 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 Notmans 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

    5935 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • D McL Notman, a driller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Rastad at 5925 and C R Lynch at 5945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1278 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Emily Notman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G G Henderson at 1264. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2672 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Notman, a helper at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Fisher at 2660 and A J Ridal at 2688. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driller and a helper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Shaughnessy and Sunset. 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 D McL Notman at 5935 Chester 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Duncan McL Notman there as the householder, a driller. The 1940 name section lists Emily Notman at 1278 Nanton Avenue.

W Notman is listed at 2672 Parker Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Notman there as the householder, a helper at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works.

Today

1278 Nanton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 5935 Chester (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2672 Parker, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Notmans

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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.