A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Oldakers
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Oldaker 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. The most under one roof: three Oldakers at 2146 William in 1940.
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Where the Oldakers lived
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- 2
2375 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C N Oldaker, proprietor of Blades Wholesale 1940
- Doris M Oldaker, a packer at Scott-Bathgate 1940
Next door in 1940: T T Trevor at 2365 and C Reid at 2385. The block, door by door
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2146 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H H Oldaker, a checker 1940
- Arthur H Oldaker, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Margaret H Oldaker, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Stephen at 2136 and W Williams at 2150. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a checker, a packer, a proprietor, a stenciller and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano 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 Reginald Oldaker at 575 East Hastings Street. C N Oldaker is listed at 2375 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles N Oldaker there as the householder, proprietor of Blades Wholesale, with Doris M Oldaker, a packer at Scott-Bathgate.
H H Oldaker is listed at 2146 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry H Oldaker there as the householder, a checker, with Arthur H Oldaker, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine, and Margaret H Oldaker, a stenographer.
Today
2146 William still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 575 East Hastings and 2375 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Oldaker Regd575 East Hastings, p. 469
- Oldaker C N2375 West 2nd, p. 176
- Oldaker Chas N prop Blades Whol2375 West 2nd, p. 469
- Oldaker Doris M pkr Scott-Bathgate2375 West 2nd, p. 469
- Oldaker H H2146 William, p. 168
- Oldaker Arth H stenciller Can White Pine2146 William, p. 469
- Oldaker Harry H chkr2146 William, p. 469
- Oldaker Margt H sten2146 William, p. 469
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Oldakers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Oldaker name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.