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The Wakefields

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Wakefield at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Wakefields 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

    2615 Ash Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Amy E Wakefield, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R McAllister at 2601. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1575 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Rev W J Wakefield, a pastor at the Home Mission Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P Eldrige at 1555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    166 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W B Wakefield 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Melnyk at 160. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    141 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Wakefield, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Hunter at 127 and W E Corson at 151. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • John M Wakefield, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: N E Symonds at 12. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2136 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H J Wakefield, a commissionaire 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Anderson at 2124 and L Vereecken at 2176. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    37 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Lena Wakefield, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Hoag at 31 and W O Smith at 43. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1452 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Conroy J H Wakefield, a packer at Blue Ribbon 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Crighton at 1446 and A V Brett at 1466. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    937 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs U Wakefield, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Sloley at 931 and D W McKinnell at 943. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3449 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Wakefield (no first name printed) 1940
    • Wakefield 1940

    Next door in 1940: A I Berntzen at 3439 and A D MacGillivray at 3457. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: a commissionaire, a nurse, a packer, a pastor and a seaman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Sunset. 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 Amy E Wakefield at 2615 Ash Street, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. Rev W J Wakefield is listed at 1575 Charles 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 William J Wakefield there as the householder, a pastor at the Home Mission Church.

W B Wakefield is listed at 166 East 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William B Wakefield there as the householder. W Wakefield is listed at 141 East 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Wakefield there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists John M Wakefield at 4 East 50th Avenue, a seaman. In 1940 the directory lists H J Wakefield at 2136 Triumph Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry J Wakefield there as the householder, a commissionaire. The 1940 name section lists Lena Wakefield at 37 West 11th Avenue, widow of W.

The 1940 name section lists Conroy J H Wakefield at 1452 West 13th Avenue, a packer at Blue Ribbon. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs U Wakefield at 937 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Urenah Wakefield there as the householder, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists Wakefield (no first name printed) at 3449 West 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wakefield there as the householder.

Today

166 East 11th, 37 West 11th and 3449 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2615 Ash (1989), 141 East 21st (2014), 1452 West 13th (1962) and 937 West 21st (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1575 Charles, 4 East 50th and 2136 Triumph, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1575 Charles: no archive photo of the 1500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 16 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.