A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Walterses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Walters at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Walterses at 3592 Dunbar in 1940. The directories print the name on 38 other streets too, all listed on the Walters name's own page.
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Where the Walterses lived
- 1
3592 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs A T Walters, widow of J 1940
- Cyril P Walters, a painter at Ruddy-Duker 1940
- Harold T Walters 1940
Next door in 1940: E A Childerhose at 3568. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a painter and a transferer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 Mrs A T Walters at 3592 Dunbar 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 Alice T Walters there as the householder, widow of J, with Cyril P Walters, a painter at Ruddy-Duker, and Harold T Walters. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Walters at 4832 Dunbar Street, a transferer at F C Smith Litho.
Today
3592 Dunbar and 4832 Dunbar still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Walters Mrs A T3592 Dunbar, p. 44
- Walters Alice T wid J3592 Dunbar, p. 640
- Walters Cyril P pntr Ruddy-Duker3592 Dunbar, p. 640
- Walters Harold T3592 Dunbar, p. 640
- Walters Albt E transferer F C Smith Litho4832 Dunbar, p. 640
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Walterses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Walters 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.