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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ushers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Usher at five 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 Ushers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2857 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S Usher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lott at 2849. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1526 Kamloops Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • V Usher, a sub station operator 1940
    • Marjorie V Usher, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Valleau at 1516 and R H Johnson at 1536. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1013 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H Usher, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Bowell at 1011 and Mrs M M Bowden at 1015. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3165 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Cath Usher, widow of J M 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Y Bywater at 3149. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3012 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William Usher, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C O'Hara at 3010. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a salesman (2) and a sub station operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano 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 S Usher at 2857 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). V Usher is listed at 1526 Kamloops Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victor Usher there as the householder, a sub station operator, with Marjorie V Usher, a student at UBC.

H Usher is listed at 1013 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold Usher there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Cath Usher at 3165 West 24th Avenue, widow of J M. The 1940 name section lists William Usher at 3012 West Broadway, a salesman.

Today

1526 Kamloops still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 2857 East 6th (2004) and 3165 West 24th (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1013 Nelson and 3012 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.