A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wepsalas
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wepsala at two addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Wepsalas lived
- 1
764 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J Wepsala, a passenger ticket agent 1940
Next door in 1940: N F Taggart at 750 and J Wepsala at 768. The block, door by door
- 2
768 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- J Wepsala 1940
- Gertrude Wepsala 1940
Next door in 1940: Steam Baths Hastings at 764 and M Dernisky at 776. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 Wepsala, a passenger ticket agent, at 764 East Hastings 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). J Wepsala is listed at 768 East Hastings Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gertrude Wepsala there.
Today
The City no longer lists 764 East Hastings and 768 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wepsala J pass tkt agt764 East Hastings, p. 75
- *Wepsala J768 East Hastings, p. 75
- Wepsala Gertrude768 East Hastings, p. 650
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wepsalas
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wepsala 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.