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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Roots

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Root 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 Roots 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

    1631 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H N Root, a fireman 1940
    • Evelyn M Root, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Y Uchida at 1629 and H C Gray at 1637. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    548 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F G Root 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Kluckner at 542 and S Liang at 550. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs R H Root 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2162 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Percy G Root, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Martin at 2158 and H S Fox at 2166. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4649 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A D Root, an engineer 1940
    • Marian E Root, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bolton at 4643 and F C Haydock at 4653. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk, an engineer, a fireman, a nurse and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 H N Root at 1631 East 3rd 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 Henry N Root there as the householder, a fireman, with Evelyn M Root, a nurse. In 1940 the directory lists F G Root at 548 East Georgia Street.

Mrs R H Root is listed at 1298 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs R H Root there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Percy G Root at 2162 West 7th Avenue, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists A D Root at 4649 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alex D Root there, an engineer, with Marian E Root, a school teacher.

Today

1298 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4649 West 8th (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1631 East 3rd, 548 East Georgia and 2162 West 7th, 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

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.