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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Slacks

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Slack at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Slacks 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

    954 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Nellie Slack 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Johnston at 936 and G Morrison at 962. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3140 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Slack, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: N A Krantz at 3134 and Mrs K Brown at 3150. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    217 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John Slack 1940

    Next door in 1940: Daily News Continental at 213 and Versatile Shoe Re-Nu at 219. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1038 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Charles T Slack, a helper at the Great Northern Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Main Sheet Metal Works at 1024. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3076 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Lucy Slack, a maid for C B Romer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Ross at 3058 and F W Tribbeck at 3092. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a helper, a laborer and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise 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 Mrs Nellie Slack at 954 Cardero Street. G Slack is listed at 3140 East 6th 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 George Slack there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists John Slack at 217 East Cordova Street.

The 1940 name section lists Charles T Slack at 1038 Main Street, a helper at the Great Northern Railway. The 1940 name section lists Lucy Slack at 3076 West 36th Avenue, a maid for C B Romer.

Today

954 Cardero, 1038 Main and 3076 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1038 Main and 3076 West 36th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3140 East 6th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 217 East Cordova, so that building is 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Slacks

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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.