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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wayleses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Wayles 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. The most under one roof: three Wayleses at 2486 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Wayleses 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

    2486 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Joy Wyles, a student 1940
    • Norman S Wyles, retired 1940
    • Thelma Wyles, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S McOuat at 2476 and J E Masson at 2496. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4439 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A Wayles, a salesman 1940
    • Eden J Wayles, a student 1940
    • Phyllis A Wayles, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Purdey at 4433 and S N Wood at 4443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2787 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Andrew B Wyles, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: V R Wilson at 2735 and W H Rowlands at 2789. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1201 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew Wyles, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: Logging Allison at 1225. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a cook (2) and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown 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 Joy Wyles at 2486 West 12th Avenue, a student, with Norman S Wyles, retired, and Thelma Wyles, a student. A Wayles is listed at 4439 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Wayles there as the householder, a salesman, with Eden J Wayles, a student, and Phyllis A Wayles, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Andrew B Wyles at 2787 West 5th Avenue, a cook.

The 1940 name section lists Andrew Wyles at 1201 West Hastings Street, a cook.

Today

2486 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 4439 West 4th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2787 West 5th and 1201 West Hastings, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Wayleses

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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.