A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Wallaces
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Wallace at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. 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
3650 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J G Wallace, a president at the Wallace Electric 1940
- Norman Wallace 1940
Next door in 1940: D S Saunders at 3668. The block, door by door
- 2
3938 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- David Wallace, retired 1940
- Margaret M Wallace 1940
Next door in 1940: B M Currie at 3932 and E H Cowan at 3946. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 G Wallace at 3650 West 13th Avenue; 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 James G Wallace there as the householder, a president at the Wallace Electric, with Norman Wallace. The 1940 name section lists David Wallace at 3938 West 13th Avenue, retired, with Margaret M Wallace.
Today
3650 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 3938 West 13th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wallace J G3650 West 13th, p. 213
- Wallace Jas G pres Wallace Elec3650 West 13th, p. 639
- Wallace Norman3650 West 13th, p. 639
- Wallace David retired3938 West 13th, p. 638
- Wallace Margt M3938 West 13th, 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.