A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Shippams
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Shippam at four addresses in 1940 in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Shippams lived
- 1
3418 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- William Shippam, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Janssen at 3408. The block, door by door
- 2
3443 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W Shippam, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Crabb at 3425 and C Samelson at 3445. The block, door by door
- 3
3447 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W Shippam, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: tyne apts at 3437 and C D Worthington at 3495. The block, door by door
- 4
3093 Vanness Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- G Shippam, proprietor of A 1 Welding Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Morris at 3027. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a blacksmith and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (4). 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 William Shippam at 3418 East 29th Avenue, retired. W Shippam is listed at 3443 East 29th Avenue in 1940; 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 Shippam there as the householder, a blacksmith. W Shippam, a blacksmith, is listed at 3447 Kingsway in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.
In 1940 the directory lists G Shippam at 3093 Vanness Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Shippam there as the householder, proprietor of A 1 Welding Shop.
Today
3418 East 29th (1988) and 3443 East 29th (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3447 Kingsway and 3093 Vanness, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Shippam Wm retired3418 East 29th, p. 558
- *Shippam W3443 East 29th, p. 245
- Shippam Wm blksmth 3447 Kway3443 East 29th, p. 558
- *Shippam W blksmth3447 Kingsway, p. 99
- Shippam G3093 Vanness, p. 160
- Shippam Geo prop A 1 Welding Shop3093 Vanness, p. 558
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Shippams
Every directory, as one book
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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.