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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wickses

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at nine addresses

The directories print twelve people named Wicks at nine addresses in 1940 in six 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 Wickses at 2220 East 44th in 1940.

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Where the Wickses 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

    1534 Balsam Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R L Wicks 1940

    Next door in 1940: balsam (the) at 1546. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1114 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • R N Wicks, a mechanic at Vancouver Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R MacDonald at 1110 and W H Branstrom at 1122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6383 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • C Wicks 1940
    • Lyle Wicks, who worked for Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Fleming at 6349. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    304 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs C Wicks 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Southern at 338. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2220 East 44th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • P F Wicks, a carpenter 1940
    • Ernest A Wicks, a deckhand at Young & Gore Tugboat 1940
    • Roy L Wicks, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Finn at 2212 and F G Torry at 2226. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    406 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Wicks, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E P Boyd at 412. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    586 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Frederick G Wicks, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Fareth at 576. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3534 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C D Wicks, a driver at Cascade Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Gorman at 3528 and W C Brown at 3538. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2922 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Wicks, a branch manager at the Beach Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Tennant at 2906 and Mrs M J Broadfoot at 2940. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the twelve: a mechanic (2), a branch manager, a carpenter, a deckhand, a driver and an employee, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Sunset (2), Victoria-Fraserview (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists R L Wicks at 1534 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy L Wicks there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R N Wicks at 1114 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Reginald N Wicks there as the householder, a mechanic at Vancouver Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists C Wicks at 6383 Dumfries 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). The 1940 name section lists Claxton Wicks there as the householder, with Lyle Wicks, who worked for Ford Motor. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Wicks at 304 East 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Cath Wicks there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists P F Wicks at 2220 East 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Paul F Wicks there as the householder, a carpenter, with Ernest A Wicks, a deckhand at Young & Gore Tugboat, and Roy L Wicks, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists J Wicks at 406 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Wicks there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Wicks at 586 East 48th Avenue, a green chainman at Canadian White Pine. C D Wicks is listed at 3534 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles D Wicks there as the householder, a driver at Cascade Laundry.

J Wicks is listed at 2922 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Wicks there as the householder, a branch manager at the Beach Foundry.

Today

1534 Balsam, 3534 West 16th and 2922 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6383 Dumfries (1972), 304 East 39th (1976) and 586 East 48th (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1114 Davie, 2220 East 44th and 406 East 45th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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.