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The Rowlands

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 14 people named Rowland at eleven addresses in 1940 in eight 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 Rowlands lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1447 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Irene E Rowland, a stenographer for Northwestern Mutual 1940

    Next door in 1940: Marlyn (The) at 1433 and G W Weeks at 1459. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    550 Beatty Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S Rowland, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Crane Ltd at 540 and B M Bremner at 554. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1516 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C R Rowland, a mechanic at E C & E 1940
    • Alice G Rowland 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Taylor at 1514 and A O Warner at 1530. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    49 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R J Rowland, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Everett at 35 and A Daly at 57. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Kate Rowland 1940

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

  6. 6

    1300 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P Rowland, a janitor at the Yale Hotel 1940
    • Mrs Marion Rowland, proprietor of the Yale Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: CRS Invest at 1308. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2519 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A R Rowland, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Kidd at 2505 and G W Sisco at 2521. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3061 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A E Rowland, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Flockheart at 3047 and H Houghton at 3075. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    8149 Montcalm Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J F Rowland, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Evelyn Rowland, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Thornton at 8107 and Mrs E Critchley at 8155. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1260 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • James Rowland, a clerk at Goodyear Tire & Rubber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D H Withers at 1254. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    318 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R G Rowland, a manager at Pacific Music 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R MacKerricher at 328. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the 14: a clerk, a cook, a fireman, a janitor, a longshoreman and a manager, among others. Two of them worked for Yale Hotel.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Riley Park (2), West End (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Irene E Rowland at 1447 Barclay Street, a stenographer for Northwestern Mutual. S Rowland, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 550 Beatty Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists C R Rowland at 1516 East 11th 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 lists Charles R Rowland there as the householder, a mechanic at E C & E, with Alice G Rowland.

In 1940 the directory lists R J Rowland at 49 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Rowland there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Kate Rowland at 101 East 7th Avenue.

P Rowland is listed at 1300 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Percy Rowland there as the householder, a janitor at the Yale Hotel, with Mrs Marion Rowland, proprietor of the Yale Hotel. A R Rowland is listed at 2519 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allen R Rowland there as the householder, a cook.

A E Rowland is listed at 3061 Kitchener Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Rowland there as the householder, a painter. J F Rowland is listed at 8149 Montcalm Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John F Rowland there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver, with Evelyn Rowland, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

The 1940 name section lists James Rowland at 1260 Pendrell Street, a clerk at Goodyear Tire & Rubber. In 1940 the directory lists R G Rowland at 318 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald G Rowland there as the householder, a manager at Pacific Music.

Today

1447 Barclay, 1516 East 11th, 49 East 26th and 101 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1447 Barclay and 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 550 Beatty (1983), 1300 Granville (2013), 2519 Kingsway (1984), 3061 Kitchener (1990), 8149 Montcalm (2010) and 318 West 23rd (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1260 Pendrell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.