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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wildemans

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Wildeman at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Wildman. 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 Wildemans 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Wildman, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    218 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs E Wildman, widow of L A 1940
    • Jeanne Wildman, a seamstress 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Etheridge at 242. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6808 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Bernice A Wildman, a housekeeper for W J Poulton 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Atkinson at 6826. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1192 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Clif Wildman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Corneno at 1186. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    241 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • R Wildeman, a chainman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Potter at 235 and J Paller at 247. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    6384 Windsor Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • G Wildeman, a mechanic at Bayview Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Holloway at 6372 and W McIntosh at 6394. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a chainman, a housekeeper, a mechanic, a nurse and a seamstress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Downtown, Kerrisdale, Marpole 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 E Wildman at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. Mrs E Wildman is listed at 218 East 48th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ethel Wildman there as the householder, widow of L A, with Jeanne Wildman, a seamstress. The 1940 name section lists Bernice A Wildman at 6808 Marguerite Street, a housekeeper for W J Poulton.

The 1940 name section lists Clif Wildman at 1192 Richards Street. R Wildeman is listed at 241 West 64th 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 Robert Wildeman there as the householder, a chainman.

G Wildeman is listed at 6384 Windsor Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gus Wildeman there as the householder, a mechanic at Bayview Garage.

Today

6808 Marguerite (1995), 1192 Richards (1995), 241 West 64th (1972) and 6384 Windsor (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox and 218 East 48th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Wildemans

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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.