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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Seidelmans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Seidelman 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.

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Where the Seidelmans 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

    2335 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Seidelman, a warehouseman at United Milling & Grain 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Miller at 2331 and H D Crawford at 2341. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2155 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • V L Seidelman, a steelworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Hungerford at 2147 and M Crowe at 2171. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4623 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H Seidelman, a secretary-treasurer at United Milling & Grain 1940
    • Benjamin Seidelman, a mailer at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: B P Scott at 4619 and W W Curties at 4633. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a mailer, a secretary-treasurer, a steelworker and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for United Milling & Grain.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano 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 W Seidelman at 2335 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Seidelman there as the householder, a warehouseman at United Milling & Grain. In 1940 the directory lists V L Seidelman at 2155 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Vernon L Seidelman there as the householder, a steelworker.

In 1940 the directory lists H Seidelman at 4623 West 7th 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 Harry Seidelman there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at United Milling & Grain, with Benjamin Seidelman, a mailer at the Province.

Today

2335 Graveley and 4623 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2155 West 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.