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The Wolstenholmes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Wolstenholme at five 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 Wolstenholmes 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

    171 East 27th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Wolstenholme 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Watts at 165 and H Crawford at 177. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    645 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Wolstenholme 1940
    • Jack Wolstenholme, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J McIlhargey at 633 and W S Nicholls at 647. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    562 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W A Wolstenholme, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Williams at 556 and T A Tudor at 574. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1911 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Wolstenholme, a swamper at E C & E 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McFee at 1917. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    137 West 40th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Winnifred M Wolstenholme, a nurse 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a decorator, a nurse and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Riley Park (2) and Kitsilano. 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 J Wolstenholme at 171 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Wolstenholme there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W Wolstenholme at 645 East 6th Avenue; 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 Walter Wolstenholme there as the householder, with Jack Wolstenholme, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Wolstenholme at 562 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists William A Wolstenholme there as the householder, a decorator. In 1940 the directory lists J Wolstenholme at 1911 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Wolstenholme there as the householder, a swamper at E C & E.

The 1940 name section lists Winnifred M Wolstenholme at 137 West 40th Avenue, a nurse.

Today

171 East 27th (1993) and 137 West 40th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 645 East 6th, 562 East Broadway and 1911 West 3rd, 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, 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.