A family name on Carrall Street, Downtown
The Wongs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Wong at two addresses in 1940, all on Carrall Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 32 other streets too, all listed on the Wong name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Wongs lived
- 1
330 Carrall Street
Downtown, 1940
- Soon Wong, proprietor of Carrall Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Leon's Hat Shop at 328 and Big Three Tailors at 332. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Soon Wong at 330 Carrall Street, proprietor of Carrall Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Loy Wong at 447 Carrall Street, proprietor of Jim Kee Co.
Today
The City no longer lists 330 Carrall and 447 Carrall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wong Soon prop Carrall Lndy330 Carrall, p. 671
- Wong Loy prop Jim Kee Co447 Carrall, p. 671
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Wongs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wong 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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Another name, or a house
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.