A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Wongs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Wong at three addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.
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Where the Wongs lived
- 1
16 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Wong, an interpreter 1940
Next door in 1940: Skill Sniper at 12 and Only Oyster Cafe at 20. The block, door by door
- 2
106 East Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Johnny Wong, of Muir Cafe 1940
Next door in 1940: Horseshoe Barber Shop at 102 and Radio Lunch at 108. The block, door by door
- 3
612 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- M Wong, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: New Method Barber Shop at 600 and Mrs I Bynoe at 618. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Strathcona. 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 Wong, an interpreter, at 16 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Johnny Wong at 106 East Hastings Street, of Muir Cafe. In 1940 the directory lists M Wong at 612 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Ming Wong there as the householder, a cook.
Today
16 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 106 East Hastings and 612 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wong J interpreter16 East Hastings, p. 73
- Wong Johnny of Muir Cafe106 East Hastings, p. 671
- Wong M612 East Hastings, p. 74
- Wong Ming cook612 East Hastings, p. 671
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.