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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Warcups

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Warcup at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Warcups at 2446 West 5th in 1940.

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Where the Warcups 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

    1751 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H J Warcup, a carpenter 1940
    • William S Warcup, a cabinetmaker at the Anderson Furniture Factory 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Deacon at 1747 and D Brown at 1757. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2446 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Warcup, widow of W 1940
    • William T Warcup 1940
    • Wilson H Warcup, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J Patterson at 2432 and W H Keller at 2448. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1952 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R A Warcup, a laborer 1940
    • George A Warcup 1940
    • Robert W Warcup, an attendant for C R Goodmurphy 1940

    Next door in 1940: C T Gough at 1948 and W J Stewart at 1956. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a carpenter (2), an attendant, a cabinetmaker and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 H J Warcup at 1751 West 5th 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 Harold J Warcup there as the householder, a carpenter, with Harold J Warcup Jr, a carpenter, and William S Warcup, a cabinetmaker at the Anderson Furniture Factory. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Warcup at 2446 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Janet Warcup there as the householder, widow of W, with William T Warcup, and Wilson H Warcup, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists R A Warcup at 1952 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Warcup there as the householder, a laborer, with George A Warcup, and Robert W Warcup, an attendant for C R Goodmurphy.

Today

2446 West 5th and 1952 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2446 West 5th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1751 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.