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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shaplands

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Shapland 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 Shaplands 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

    2481 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mary A Shapland, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Rogers at 2473 and A D Rodger at 2489. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1150 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • K L Shapland, a clerk at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Neilson at 1148 and F O Gunton at 1160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4305 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W A Shapland, a shipper at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Harnett at 4317. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park 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 Mary A Shapland at 2481 East 28th Avenue, widow of G. K L Shapland is listed at 1150 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ken L Shapland there as the householder, a clerk at Shell Oil.

W A Shapland is listed at 4305 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William A Shapland there as the householder, a shipper at Burns & Co.

Today

2481 East 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1150 Nelson (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4305 Quebec, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1150 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.