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A family name on Bidwell Street, West End

The Wallaces

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Wallace at three addresses in 1940, all on Bidwell 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. 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

    1147 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • W T Wallace, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Cook at 1145 and Mrs E O'Brien at 1153. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1199 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J S Wallace, a salesman 1940
    • Norma E Wallace, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Banks at 1197. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1306 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Wallace, widow of M 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R H Insley at 1318. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman (2). One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3). 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 W T Wallace at 1147 Bidwell 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 William T Wallace there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists J S Wallace at 1199 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section lists J Scott Wallace there as the householder, a salesman, with Norma E Wallace, a student.

The 1940 name section lists Mary Wallace at 1306 Bidwell Street, widow of M.

Today

1306 Bidwell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1147 Bidwell and 1199 Bidwell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.