A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Walshes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Walsh at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, with the close spelling Walshe. 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 45 other streets too, all listed on the Walsh name's own page.
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Where the Walshes lived
- 1
1356 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Ada Walsh, a widow 1940
- Mary E Walsh, a telephone operator 1940
Next door in 1940: B Nissenbaum at 1346 and J Greenberg at 1366. The block, door by door
- 2
4473 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Allan F Walsh, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Frisby at 4467 and M Sutherland at 4477. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a telephone operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and West Point Grey. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ada Walsh at 1356 West 13th Avenue, a widow, with Mary E Walsh, a telephone operator. The 1940 name section lists Allan F Walsh at 4473 West 13th Avenue, a student.
Today
4473 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; 1356 West 13th (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Walsh Ada wid —1356 West 13th, p. 640
- Walsh Mary E tel opr EC&E1356 West 13th, p. 640
- Walsh Allan F studt4473 West 13th, p. 640
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Walshes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Walsh 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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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.