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A family name on Barclay Street, West End

The Wallaces

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Wallace at four addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 88 other streets too, all listed on the Wallace name's own page.

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Where the Wallaces 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

    1060 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J W Wallace, widow of R 1940
    • Margaret Wallace, a stenographer at M A van Roggen 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Thomas at 1056 and J M Bremner at 1072. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1075 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Herbert B Wallace, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Logan at 1071. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1273 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Wallace 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Skinner at 1267 and J N McLeod at 1275. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1879 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs I Wallace, widow of H A 1940
    • Ethel A Wallace 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Myers at 1891. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a mechanic and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Mrs J W Wallace at 1060 Barclay Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Jean W Wallace there as the householder, widow of R, with Margaret Wallace, a stenographer at M A van Roggen. The 1940 name section lists Herbert B Wallace at 1075 Barclay Street, a mechanic. The 1940 name section lists Wallace at 1273 Barclay Street.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I Wallace at 1879 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Isabella Wallace there as the householder, widow of H A, with Ethel A Wallace.

Today

1879 Barclay (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1075 Barclay and 1273 Barclay, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1060 Barclay, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1060 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

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

The book of the Wallaces

Every directory, as one book

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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.