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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Welfords

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Welford at three 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 Welfords at 5556 Joyce in 1940.

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Where the Welfords lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1226 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H C Welford, a shipper at Clarke & Stuart 1940
    • W Frank F Welford, a driver at Birmingham Cartage & Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Burt at 1216 and M J Buchanan at 1276. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5556 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • J S Welford, a bookkeeper 1940
    • Mrs Gertrude E Welford, proprietor of Bon Ton 1940
    • Stan G Welford, a delivery at Wilbee Service Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Lamb at 5558. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1345 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Grace E Welford, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L McWilliams at 1335 and J N Merrill at 1355. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a bookkeeper, a clerk, a delivery, a driver, a proprietor and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Killarney and Sunset. 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 C Welford at 1226 East 60th 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 Harry C Welford there as the householder, a shipper at Clarke & Stuart, with W Frank F Welford, a driver at Birmingham Cartage & Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists J S Welford at 5556 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section lists John S Welford there as the householder, a bookkeeper, with Mrs Gertrude E Welford, proprietor of Bon Ton, and Stan G Welford, a delivery at Wilbee Service Stores.

The 1940 name section lists Grace E Welford at 1345 West 13th Avenue, a clerk at Spencer's.

Today

5556 Joyce still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1226 East 60th (1964) and 1345 West 13th (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School
The 1910s Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School. Not at the house at 5556 Joyce: no archive photo of the 5500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, A-16-85. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.