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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Waterhouses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Waterhouse at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Waterhouses 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

    1311 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs C Waterhouse, widow of A E 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Healy at 1381. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    96 East 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C H Waterhouse, a postman 1940
    • Richard C Waterhouse, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Newnham at 86. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3438 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S H Waterhouse, a fireman 1940
    • David B Waterhouse, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Kennedy at 3436 and W H Taylor at 3440. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward Waterhouse, a first aidman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 1 and P Rosso at 7. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a baker, a fireman, a first aidman and a postman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park and West End. 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 C Waterhouse at 1311 Beach Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clare Waterhouse there as the householder, widow of A E. In 1940 the directory lists C H Waterhouse at 96 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Waterhouse there as the householder, a postman, with Richard C Waterhouse, a baker.

In 1940 the directory lists S H Waterhouse at 3438 Pandora 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 lists Sam H Waterhouse there as the householder, a fireman, with David B Waterhouse, a student. The 1940 name section lists Edward Waterhouse at 5 West Hastings Street, a first aidman.

Today

1311 Beach, 96 East 19th, 3438 Pandora and 5 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1311 Beach and 5 West Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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.