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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Slingerlands

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Slingerland 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 Slingerlands 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

    1665 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Slingerland 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Peck at 1655 and G B Meikle at 1675. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1037 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss M Slingerland 1940
    • Marie Slingerland, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Bossley at 1029 and Mrs C Robison at 1043. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • F Slingerland, a salesman for Parsons Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an operator and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant 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

In 1940 the directory lists J Slingerland at 1665 East 21st 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 John Slingerland there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Slingerland at 1037 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Marie Slingerland there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists F Slingerland at 1915 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Slingerland there as the householder, a salesman for Parsons Brown.

Today

1915 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 1665 East 21st (1987) and 1037 East 8th (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, 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.