A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Shoreses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Shores at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Shoreses lived
- 1
3752 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs E M Shores 1940
Next door in 1940: C Miller at 3750 and W R Blackman at 3754. The block, door by door
- 2
411 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- (sales dept) Shores 1940
Next door in 1940: Shores Ltd at 409 and Mode-O-Day Dresses Ltd at 413. The block, door by door
- 3
1035 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Hazel Shores, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
- Lincoln Shores, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District 1940
Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Mrs E M Shores at 3752 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Emma M Shores there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists (sales dept) Shores at 411 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Hazel Shores at 1035 West Pender Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's, with Lincoln Shores, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District.
Today
411 West Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 3752 Commercial (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1035 West Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Shores Mrs E M3752 Commercial, p. 34
- Shores Mrs Emma M3752 Commercial, p. 558
- Shores (sales dept)411 West Hastings, p. 77
- Shores Hazel slswm Spencers1035 West Pender, p. 558
- Shores Lincoln lab Greater Van Water Dist1035 West Pender, p. 558
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Shoreses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Shores 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.