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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Oldhams

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Oldham 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: four Oldhams at 1409 Walnut in 1940.

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Where the Oldhams 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

    4449 Beatrice Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W C Oldham, a butcher at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M MacKinnon at 4439 and J C Platt at 4459. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1409 Walnut Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E B Oldham, widow of J N 1940
    • Martin R Oldham, a steward 1940
    • Ron Oldham, a school teacher 1940
    • William G Oldham, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Elliott at 1417. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1696 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs G Oldham, widow of H S 1940
    • Marjorie E Oldham, a hairdresser at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Marshall at 1686. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a butcher, a clerk, a hairdresser, a school teacher and a steward. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kitsilano. 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 W C Oldham at 4449 Beatrice 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 Wilfred C Oldham there as the householder, a butcher at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E B Oldham at 1409 Walnut Street. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth B Oldham there as the householder, widow of J N, with Martin R Oldham, a steward, Ron Oldham, a school teacher, and William G Oldham, a clerk at the Royal Bank.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G Oldham at 1696 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gladys Oldham there as the householder, widow of H S, with Marjorie E Oldham, a hairdresser at Spencer's.

Today

1696 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4449 Beatrice (1985) and 1409 Walnut (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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 Oldhams

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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.