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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Solloways

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Solloway at six 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.

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Where the Solloways 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

    5392 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F G Solloway, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Page at 5380. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    365 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W E V Solloway 1940
    • E William V Solloway, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Metcalfe at 349 and W A Connop at 371. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    611 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Solloway, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Iwamoto at 609 and East End Taxi at 613. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1157 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • L T Solloway, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K A Marpole at 1155 and Mrs M A Hooper at 1161. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1033 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F C Solloway, widow of A E 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J McAllister at 1031 and C E R Bazett at 1039. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1159 West 32nd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H E Solloway, an assistant manager at Seaboard Ship 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Lyall at 1145 and J Stenhouse at 1171. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: an assistant manager and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 F G Solloway at 5392 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis G Solloway there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists W E V Solloway at 365 East 32nd 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 lists E William V Solloway there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists A Solloway, rooms to let, at 611 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Alec Soloway there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists L T Solloway at 1157 Harwood Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leonard T Solloway there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F C Solloway at 1033 Pacific Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frances C Solloway there as the householder, widow of A E. In 1940 the directory lists H E Solloway at 1159 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Solloway there as the householder, an assistant manager at Seaboard Ship.

Today

5392 Blenheim still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 365 East 32nd (1989) and 1159 West 32nd (2021) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 611 East Hastings, 1157 Harwood and 1033 Pacific, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.