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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Oldershaws

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Oldershaw at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Oldershaws 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

    862 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A O Oldershaw, in plumbing supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brock Stanley Ltd at 860 and Alcock Downing & Wright Ltd at 896. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A O Oldershaw, in plumbing supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3612 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J L Oldershaw, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Esmond Lbr at 3600 and W N Harnett at 3660. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2677 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Oldershaw 1940

    Next door in 1940: V W McKenzie at 2667 and W R McGraw at 2695. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1590 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C R Oldershaw, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a plumbing supplies and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 A O Oldershaw, in plumbing supplies, at 862 Cambie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A O Oldershaw there. In 1940 the directory lists A O Oldershaw at 101 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur O Oldershaw there as the householder, in plumbing supplies.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Oldershaw at 3612 East Hastings 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 John L Oldershaw there as the householder, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service. In 1940 the directory lists A Oldershaw at 2677 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Oldershaw there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists C R Oldershaw at 1590 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Oldershaw there as the householder, retired.

Today

101 East 7th, 2677 West 14th and 1590 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 101 East 7th and 1590 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 862 Cambie and 3612 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Oldershaws

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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.