A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Stretches
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Stretch 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.
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Where the Stretches lived
- 1
823 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- B D Stretch 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Harmer at 815 and W J Webber at 837. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1175 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Mildred R Stretch, proprietor of Lynwood Boarding House 1940
- Nellie Stretch 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M K Milliken at 1165 and 11 listings at 1185. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an operator and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 B D Stretch at 823 East 10th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin D Stretch there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G W Stretch at 2441 East 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George W Stretch there as the householder, an operator at Leckie.
The 1940 name section lists Mildred R Stretch at 1175 Haro Street, proprietor of Lynwood Boarding House, with Nellie Stretch.
Today
2441 East 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 1175 Haro (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 823 East 10th, 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.
- *Stretch B D823 East 10th, p. 198
- Stretch Benj D823 East 10th, p. 592
- *Stretch G W2441 East 33rd, p. 248
- Stretch Geo W opr Leckie2441 East 33rd, p. 592
- Stretch Mildred R prop Lynwood Boarding Hse1175 Haro, p. 592
- Stretch Nellie1175 Haro, p. 592
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Stretches
Every directory, as one book
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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.