A family name on Dundas Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Wallaces
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wallace at two addresses in 1940, all on Dundas Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
2660 Dundas Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Wallace, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: O Dawson at 2658 and C W Sutherland at 2662. The block, door by door
- 2
2857 Dundas Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W N Wallace, a sign writer 1940
- James B Wallace, a dealer at Fuller Brush 1940
Next door in 1940: C L Straube at 2841 and D M Braden at 2865. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a dealer, a sign writer and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 J Wallace at 2660 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Wallace there as the householder, a warehouseman. In 1940 the directory lists W N Wallace, a signwriter, at 2857 Dundas 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 lists William N Wallace there, a sign writer, with James B Wallace, a dealer at Fuller Brush.
Today
The City no longer lists 2660 Dundas and 2857 Dundas, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wallace J2660 Dundas, p. 46
- Wallace John whsmn2660 Dundas, p. 639
- *Wallace W N signwrtr2857 Dundas, p. 46
- Wallace Jas B dlr Fuller Brush2857 Dundas, p. 639
- Wallace Wm N sign wrtr2857 Dundas, p. 639
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wallaces
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wallace name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.