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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wenmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Wenman 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.

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Where the Wenmans 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

    1976 East 52nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • B Wenman, a prospector 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D A Halliday at 1956. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1026 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Wenman, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Johnson at 1024 and Mrs F Weinborn at 1032. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2132 West 47th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H E Wenman, a plasterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Fredrickson at 2130 and J Wilson at 2140. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a logger, a plasterer and a prospector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 B Wenman at 1976 East 52nd 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 Benjamin Wenman there as the householder, a prospector. In 1940 the directory lists L Wenman at 1026 Richards Street. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Wenman there as the householder, a logger.

In 1940 the directory lists H E Wenman at 2132 West 47th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry E Wenman there as the householder, a plasterer.

Today

2132 West 47th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 1976 East 52nd (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1026 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.