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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stapletons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stapleton at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Stapletons 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

    6727 Brooks Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • R Stapleton, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Young at 6735. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    873 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Stapleton, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Van Buren at 867 and Mrs K Beck at 877. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2465 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E B Stapleton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B McG Lammers at 2449 and R N Shakespeare at 2495. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    778 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Thomas Stapleton, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sutcliffe at 716 and Mrs S Neyedli at 780. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a fisherman and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Killarney and Kitsilano. 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 R Stapleton at 6727 Brooks Street; 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 Richard Stapleton there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists John Stapleton at 873 Cambie Street, a laborer.

E B Stapleton is listed at 2465 Point Grey Road in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest B Stapleton there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists F Thomas Stapleton at 778 Victoria Drive, a fisherman.

Today

778 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 6727 Brooks (1959) and 2465 Point Grey Road (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 873 Cambie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.