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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stringers

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Stringer at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Stringers at 3473 Welwyn in 1940.

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Where the Stringers 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

    769 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • William Stringer, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Pishak at 765 and Donuts Eatmor at 771. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1257 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T H Stringer, proprietor of Quality Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Christianson at 1249. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    845 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A M Stringer, of Rental Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss D Atherton at 841 and M Carmichael at 847. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3473 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B Stringer, retired 1940
    • Alfred Stringer, a student 1940
    • Gwen M Stringer, a telephone operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Ogilvie at 3461. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    146 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Stringer, a swamper at Reliance Fuel & Heating 1940

    Next door in 1940: M A Peet at 136 and Mrs E Lightbody at 148. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3528 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C McN Stringer, a cleaner at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Mawhinney at 3522 and J W Kenning at 3536. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1335 Woodland Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Stringer, who worked for Turner's Auto Radiator 1940
    • Alfred Stringer 1940
    • Russell I Stringer, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a cleaner, an employee, an engineer, a proprietor, a salesman and a swamper, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 William Stringer at 769 East Hastings Street, an engineer. T H Stringer is listed at 1257 East Pender Street in 1940; 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 Thomas H Stringer there as the householder, proprietor of Quality Market.

Mrs A M Stringer is listed at 845 Howe Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Amy M Stringer there as the householder, of Rental Bureau. B Stringer is listed at 3473 Welwyn Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Stringer there as the householder, retired, with Alfred Stringer, a student, and Gwen M Stringer, a telephone operator at the BC Telephone.

The 1940 name section lists R Stringer at 146 West 11th Avenue, a swamper at Reliance Fuel & Heating. In 1940 the directory lists C McN Stringer at 3528 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles McN Stringer there as the householder, a cleaner at the Canadian Government, with Cedric M Stringer, a clerk at the Royal Bank.

In 1940 the directory lists J Stringer at 1335 Woodland Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Stringer there as the householder, who worked for Turner's Auto Radiator, with Alfred Stringer, and Russell I Stringer, a salesman at Woodward's.

Today

769 East Hastings and 1335 Woodland Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 3473 Welwyn (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 845 Howe, 146 West 11th and 3528 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1257 East Pender, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.