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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wallins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Wallin at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Wallins 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

    3134 East 20th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E E Wallin, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J West at 3126 and S N Smith at 3138. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    873 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arthur J Wallin, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Seven Dwarfs Inn at 871 and L E Canuel at 877. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1253 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Wallin 1940
    • Carl Wallin 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Cookhouse at 1245 and Miss E Ostrom at 1263. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1652 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C W Wallin, a glass cutter at Spencer's 1940
    • Anna Wallin, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Byrnell at 1646 and J J Vance at 1662. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an engineer, a gardener and a glass cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 E E Wallin at 3134 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elmer E Wallin there as the householder, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Wallin at 873 Hornby Street, a gardener.

J Wallin is listed at 1253 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Wallin there as the householder, with Carl Wallin. C W Wallin is listed at 1652 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl W Wallin there as the householder, a glass cutter at Spencer's, with Anna Wallin, widow of A.

Today

3134 East 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 873 Hornby, 1253 West 8th and 1652 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.