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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wisemans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Wiseman 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 Wisemans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1111 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L King Wiseman, an engineer at Harbour Navigation 1940
  2. 2

    1767 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Wiseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Simpson at 1765 and F C Acheson at 1773. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    35 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Homer L Wiseman, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Hartney at 23 and S H Olson at 43. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6513 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • H R Wiseman, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Cutler at 6505 and J Murray at 6541. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2645 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M S Wiseman, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Simpson at 2627 and D Calladine at 2651. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1483 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H Wiseman, widow of D W 1940

    Next door in 1940: miromar (the) at 1465 and shaughnessy mansions at 1487. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an engineer, a longshoreman, a miner and a postman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 L King Wiseman at 1111 Dunsmuir Street, an engineer at Harbour Navigation. C Wiseman is listed at 1767 East 10th 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 Charles Wiseman there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Homer L Wiseman at 35 East 45th Avenue, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists H R Wiseman at 6513 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry R Wiseman there as the householder, a commissionaire, with Harry R Wiseman Jr, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists M S Wiseman at 2645 Grant Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Morris S Wiseman there as the householder, a postman.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Wiseman at 1483 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Henrietta Wiseman there as the householder, widow of D W.

Today

35 East 45th (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1111 Dunsmuir, 1767 East 10th, 6513 Fraser, 2645 Grant and 1483 West 15th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street
17 March 1936 The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street. Not at the house at 6513 Fraser: no archive photo of the 6500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4867. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.