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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wetmores

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Wetmore at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Wetmores 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

    313 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Wetmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van City St Lighting at 323. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4799 Gladstone Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Rev T B Wetmore, a pastor at the Emmanuel Baptist Church 1940
    • Alice W Wetmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Elmer at 4791. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3453 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Wetmore, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Brend at 3439 and W E Pecor at 3459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a blacksmith and a pastor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Strathcona. 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 E Wetmore at 313 Alexander Street. Rev T B Wetmore is listed at 4799 Gladstone Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rev T B Wetmore there as the householder, a pastor at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, with Alice W Wetmore.

J H Wetmore is listed at 3453 Nanaimo Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H Wetmore there as the householder, a blacksmith.

Today

313 Alexander and 4799 Gladstone still have their buildings from before 1946; 3453 Nanaimo (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Wetmores

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Wetmore 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.