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A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Weirs

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Weir at two addresses in 1940, all on East 21st Avenue. 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 42 other streets too, all listed on the Weir name's own page.

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Where the Weirs 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

    371 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Weir, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Pentecost at 363 and E A Johansson at 397. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1120 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W L Weir, an accountant at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Crowe at 1112 and T Campbell at 1126. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: an accountant and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 J Weir at 371 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Weir there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists W L Weir at 1120 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William L Weir there as the householder, an accountant at the Sun.

Today

1120 East 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 371 East 21st (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Weirs

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Weir 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.