A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Osmonds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Osmond at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Osmonds lived
- 1
3135 East 45th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- G H Osmond, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J Bardsley at 3125 and R E Simpson at 3147. The block, door by door
- 2
1860 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Osmond, an inspector at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Myrtle L Osmond, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: D McLeod at 1856. The block, door by door
- 3
1730 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Ernest Osmond, an auto mechanic for J Penrice 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Turnbull at 1722 and G C Martin at 1740. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an auto mechanic, an inspector and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Killarney. 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 G H Osmond at 3135 East 45th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Osmond there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists F Osmond at 1860 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Osmond there as the householder, an inspector at the BC Electric Railway, with Myrtle L Osmond, a stenographer.
The 1940 name section lists F Ernest Osmond at 1730 Victoria Drive, an auto mechanic for J Penrice.
Today
1730 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3135 East 45th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1860 East Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Osmond G H3135 East 45th, p. 261
- Osmond Geo H retired3135 East 45th, p. 473
- *Osmond F1860 East Georgia, p. 56
- Osmond Frank inspr BCER1860 East Georgia, p. 473
- Osmond Myrtle L sten1860 East Georgia, p. 473
- Osmond F Ernest auto mech J Penrice1730 Victoria Drive, p. 473
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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.