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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Skidmores

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Skidmore at four 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. The most under one roof: four Skidmores at 3298 East 22nd in 1940.

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Where the Skidmores lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3298 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J O Skidmore, in grocer & meats 1940
    • Herbert Skidmore, a salesman for J O Skidmore 1940
    • Norman Skidmore, an upholsterer 1940
    • Walter Skidmore, an upholsterer at Paramount Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Allinott at 3260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3435 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Skidmore, a janitor at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bruce at 3429 and F Preston at 3437. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1450 Walnut Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F R Skidmore, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Fox at 1446. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1575 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss B I Skidmore 1940
    • Barbara I Skidmore, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: cavendish (the) at 1565 and Miss E K Hipperson at 1585. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: an upholsterer (2), a grocer, a janitor, an on active service, a salesman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 J O Skidmore, a grocer, at 3298 East 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph O Skidmore there, in grocer & meats, with Herbert Skidmore, a salesman for J O Skidmore, Norman Skidmore, an upholsterer, and Walter Skidmore, an upholsterer at Paramount Furniture. In 1940 the directory lists J Skidmore at 3435 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Skidmore there as the householder, a janitor at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

In 1940 the directory lists F R Skidmore at 1450 Walnut Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank R Skidmore there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists Miss B I Skidmore at 1575 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Barbara I Skidmore there as the householder, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Today

1575 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 3435 East 24th (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3298 East 22nd and 1450 Walnut, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.