A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Salonens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Salonen at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Salonens lived
- 1
1555 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A R Salonen 1940
Next door in 1940: R Perry at 1549 and H W Wightman at 1563. The block, door by door
- 2
703 Heatley Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- O E Salonen 1940
Next door in 1940: H Nylund at 709. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 R Salonen at 1555 Graveley Street. O E Salonen is listed at 703 Heatley Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Oscar E Salonen there as the householder.
Today
703 Heatley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 1555 Graveley (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Salonen A R1555 Graveley, p. 69
- Salonen O E703 Heatley, p. 83
- Salonen Oscar E703 Heatley, p. 541
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Salonens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Salonen name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.