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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wicks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Wick at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Wicks 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

    990 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret Wick, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: norwood (the) at 958. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    847 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J P Wick, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Coull at 833 and J F Shanahan at 853. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    893 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Wick, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Darknell at 883. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    160 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Wick, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Thea Barber Shop at 146 and Regent Hotel Shoe Shine at 162. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1235 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ena Wick, a saleswoman at Welch's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Baker at 1225. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1970 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B A Wick, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Robertson at 1966. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a fisherman (2), a carpenter, a logger, a saleswoman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and West End. 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 Margaret Wick at 990 Bute Street, a stenographer. J P Wick is listed at 847 East 20th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists John P Wick there as the householder, a fisherman.

F Wick is listed at 893 East 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Wick there as the householder, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists H Wick at 160 East Hastings Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Ena Wick at 1235 West 15th Avenue, a saleswoman at Welch's.

B A Wick is listed at 1970 William Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Brady A Wick there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

990 Bute, 893 East 21st, 160 East Hastings and 1970 William still have their buildings from before 1946, 1970 William on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 847 East 20th (1983) and 1235 West 15th (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Wicks

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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.