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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Soameses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Soames at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Soameses at 6079 Nanaimo in 1940.

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Where the Soameses 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

    2167 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • George Somes, a machinist at BC Marine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Quality Shoe Repairing at 2169. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4818 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Soames 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Loyst at 4810 and H C Waugh at 4824. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4855 Manor Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W H Soames, a carrier driver at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bergnack at 4825 and A S Edmunds at 4869. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6079 Nanaimo Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • T H Soames, a bridgeman 1940
    • Loretta M Soames, a stenographer at Bartram Paper Products 1940
    • Robert G Soames 1940
    • T Clare Soames, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork 1940

    Next door in 1940: B J Lemieux at 6053 and L W Kind at 6091. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3556 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Florence Somes, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Owen-Jones at 3546. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a bridgeman, a carrier driver, a helper, a machinist and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 George Somes at 2167 Dundas Street, a machinist at BC Marine. H Soames is listed at 4818 Lanark Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Soames there as the householder.

W H Soames is listed at 4855 Manor Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William H Soames there as the householder, a carrier driver at Canadian White Pine. T H Soames is listed at 6079 Nanaimo Street 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 Thomas H Soames there as the householder, a bridgeman, with Loretta M Soames, a stenographer at Bartram Paper Products, Robert G Soames, and T Clare Soames, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork.

The 1940 name section lists Florence Somes at 3556 West 34th Avenue, widow of F.

Today

2167 Dundas, 4818 Lanark and 4855 Manor still have their buildings from before 1946; 6079 Nanaimo (1983) and 3556 West 34th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.