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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Van Dyks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Van Dyk at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Van Dyke. 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 Van Dyks at 826 Pacific in 1940.

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Where the Van Dyks 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

    2512 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A C Van Dyk, a farmer 1940
    • Cornelius Van Dyk, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Cooper at 2504 and N F Lamb at 2516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1529 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Van Dyke, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Halliday at 1523 and E Kennedy at 1535. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    826 Pacific Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Van Dyk, a game inspector 1940
    • Irene E Van Dyk, a stenographer 1940
    • Matilda M Van Dyk, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bert's Auto Electric at 802 and G R Clarke at 828. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1461 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Van Dyk, a logger who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Gatti at 1439. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a stenographer (2), a carpenter, a farmer, a game inspector and a logger and rooms to let.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 A C Van Dyk at 2512 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew C Van Dyk there as the householder, a farmer, with Cornelius Van Dyk, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J Van Dyke at 1529 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists John Van Dyke there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists T Van Dyk at 826 Pacific Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Van Dyk there as the householder, a game inspector, with Irene E Van Dyk, a stenographer, and Matilda M Van Dyk, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists R Van Dyk, rooms to let, at 1461 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Ryk Van Dyk there, a logger who kept rooms to let.

Today

2512 East 22nd and 1529 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 826 Pacific and 1461 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Van Dyks

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.