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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Victors

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Victor at four 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 Victors 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

    58 Alexander Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Peter A Victor, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 56 and E N Lauder at 60. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    915 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B H Victor, a pressman at the Province 1940
    • Judith Victor, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: P H Valkenburg at 907 and J A Smith at 925. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • David Neon Victor, in outdoor advertising 1940

    Next door in 1940: Third & Dundas at 1019 and McBride T G & Co at 1051. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J F S Victor 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a longshoreman, an outdoor advertising and a pressman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Strathcona. 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 Peter A Victor at 58 Alexander Street, a longshoreman. B H Victor is listed at 915 East 23rd Avenue 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 Boris H Victor there as the householder, a pressman at the Province, with Judith Victor, a clerk.

David Neon Victor is listed at 1025 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Neon Victor there, in outdoor advertising. The 1940 name section lists J F S Victor at 123 Powell Street.

Today

58 Alexander still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 915 East 23rd (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1025 Main and 123 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Victors

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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.