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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shands

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at ten addresses

The directories print ten people named Shand at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Shands 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

    2311 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Wilhelmina Shand, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Carlson at 2323. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    804 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Alex G Shand 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Walker at 816. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1860 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Shand, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A S Cameron at 1846 and J N Hogarth at 1864. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3339 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Shand, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Conway at 3335 and R J Arnold at 3349. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2884 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Shand, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Thomson at 2874. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • D W R Shand, of Animated Signs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3092 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Shand, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Jones at 3082. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    795 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Shand, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Potter at 785. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2755 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jane R Shand, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D D Gothard at 2735 and A W Robinson at 2765. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3285 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • I F Shand, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H A Wallace at 3271. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a blacksmith, a carpenter, a clerk, a laborer, a longshoreman and a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Hastings-Sunrise (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 Wilhelmina Shand at 2311 Adanac Street, widow of W. The 1940 name section lists Alex G Shand at 804 East 12th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists W Shand at 1860 East 14th 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 William Shand there as the householder, a blacksmith.

In 1940 the directory lists J Shand at 3339 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Shand there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists W Shand at 2884 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Shand there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists D W R Shand at 784 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Doug W R Shand there as the householder, of Animated Signs. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Shand at 3092 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Shand there as the householder, widow of J.

The 1940 name section lists William Shand at 795 West 14th Avenue, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Jane R Shand at 2755 West 14th Avenue, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation. In 1940 the directory lists I F Shand at 3285 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ivan F Shand there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal.

Today

2311 Adanac, 804 East 12th, 784 Thurlow, 3092 West 13th, 2755 West 14th and 3285 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1860 East 14th (1979) and 2884 Oxford (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3339 East 7th and 795 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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

The book of the Shands

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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.