A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wickwires
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Wickwire 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 Wickwires lived
- 1
- 2
6638 Clarendon Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- W C Wickwire, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J Tyler at 6626. The block, door by door
- 3
1985 West 16th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- H H P Wickwire 1940
- Harry P Wickwire, a salesman at Ker & Ker 1940
Next door in 1940: J Martin at 1975 and J W Beadell at 1995. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano, Victoria-Fraserview and West Point Grey. 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 V K Wickwire at 3175 Camosun Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Vanamber K Wickwire there as the householder, proprietor of Camosun Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists W C Wickwire at 6638 Clarendon 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 William C Wickwire there as the householder, retired.
In 1940 the directory lists H H P Wickwire at 1985 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry P Wickwire there as the householder, a salesman at Ker & Ker.
Today
6638 Clarendon (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3175 Camosun and 1985 West 16th, so those buildings are 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.
- Wickwire V K3175 Camosun, p. 25
- Wickwire Vanamber K prop Camosun Conf3175 Camosun, p. 658
- *Wickwire W C6638 Clarendon, p. 31
- Wickwire Wm C retired6638 Clarendon, p. 658
- *Wickwire H H P1985 West 16th, p. 223
- Wickwire Harry P slsmn Ker & Ker1985 West 16th, p. 658
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wickwires
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wickwire 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.