A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Standishes
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Standish 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. The most under one roof: three Standishes at 1009 West 10th in 1940.
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Where the Standishes lived
- 1
1176 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Gordon Standish, proprietor of Mayflower Block 1940
Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door
- 2
4716 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Lena Standish, a nurse for D S Updegraff 1940
Next door in 1940: G R Hackett at 4784. The block, door by door
- 3
1009 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss M A Standish 1940
- Matilda A Standish, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940
- Edna G Standish, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a nurse, a proprietor and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 Gordon Standish at 1176 Granville Street, proprietor of Mayflower Block. The 1940 name section lists Lena Standish at 4716 Marguerite Street, a nurse for D S Updegraff. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M A Standish at 1009 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Matilda A Standish there as the householder, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation, with Edna G Standish, a clerk.
Today
1176 Granville, 4716 Marguerite and 1009 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1009 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Standish Gordon prop Mayflower Blk1176 Granville, p. 581
- Standish Lena nurse D S Updegraff4716 Marguerite, p. 581
- Standish Miss M A1009 West 10th, p. 199
- Standish Edna G clk CP Com1009 West 10th, p. 581
- Standish Matilda A sch tchr Bby Corpn1009 West 10th, p. 581
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Standishes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Standish name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.