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The Spaldings

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at twelve addresses

The directories print twelve people named Spalding at twelve addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Spaulding. 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 Spaldings 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

    1731 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J F Spalding, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev W A Bennett at 1717 and Mrs A E Hill at 1741. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3175 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A K Spalding, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Reid at 3161 and F K Makinen at 3191. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3281 Heather Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • H Spaulding, an operator at Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: P E Housden at 3279 and K G Clark at 3283. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1550 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G A Spalding, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: P L Scott at 1548 and Mrs M McVey at 1556. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2828 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Spalding, a salesman at Bulman Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Reaich at 2816 and G S Nelson at 2840. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2975 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • E C Spalding, a foreign freight agent at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: oaklyn apts at 2925. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1516 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D Spalding 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3496 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J K Spalding, a motorman at CN Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Dick at 3486. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3965 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D A Spalding, an electrician engineer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Sparks at 3955 and Mrs J M Smith at 3975. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    80 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Edward Spalding, an edgerman at BC Fir 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Martin at 74 and V Murchison at 92. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1760 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Spalding, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Sasaki at 1758 and B C Hankin at 1768. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    1252 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Madeleine Spalding, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Consol Motor Co Ltd at 1230 and R H Wiese at 1254. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the twelve: a carpenter, a conductor, an edgerman, an electrician engineer, a foreign freight agent and a laborer, among others. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Riley Park, South Cambie and West Point Grey. 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 F Spalding at 1731 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph F Spalding there as the householder, a photographer. In 1940 the directory lists A K Spalding at 3175 East 6th 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 Andrew K Spalding there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists H Spaulding at 3281 Heather Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry Spaulding there as the householder, an operator at Leckie. In 1940 the directory lists G A Spalding at 1550 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George A Spalding there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists R Spalding at 2828 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Spalding there as the householder, a salesman at Bulman Bros. In 1940 the directory lists E C Spalding at 2975 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Earle C Spalding there as the householder, a foreign freight agent at the CNR.

The 1940 name section lists D Spalding at 1516 Powell Street. J K Spalding is listed at 3496 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John K Spalding there as the householder, a motorman at CN Express.

D A Spalding is listed at 3965 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David A Spalding there as the householder, an electrician engineer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Edward Spalding at 80 West 21st Avenue, an edgerman at BC Fir.

In 1940 the directory lists G Spalding at 1760 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Spalding there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Madeleine Spalding at 1252 West Georgia Street, a widow.

Today

1731 Dunbar, 1550 Kitchener, 1516 Powell, 3496 West 12th and 80 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946, 1516 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3175 East 6th (1987), 2828 Kitchener (2004), 2975 Oak (2016) and 3965 West 14th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3281 Heather, 1760 West 7th and 1252 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 1731 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 1700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 21 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.