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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Wongs

In the city directories 1940 · 19 people at 17 addresses

The directories print 19 people named Wong at 17 addresses in 1940, all on East Pender 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

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

    51 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gee Suey Wong, proprietor of Victory Patent Medicines 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kee Fook at 49 and Lee Gim at 53. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    86 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry Wong, proprietor of New Life Bookshop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lee Yort at 84 and Yee Mah at 88. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    90 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Fong Kim Wong, proprietor of Bok Young Low 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yee Mah at 88 and Chai Tong Kwong at 92. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    100 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sam Wong, proprietor of Golden Dragon Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gum Jung Co at 102. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    103 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Samtien Wong, a manager at W Samtien Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tung Ah Rooms at 101 and Taim Young at 105. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    105 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Tong Wong 1940
    • Git Lin Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: Samtien W Co at 103 and Lee Way at 107. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    110 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Yee Wong, proprietor of Chung Wah 1940

    Next door in 1940: Health League Chinese at 108 and Jong Yuen Hing Co at 112. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    111 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Chen Wong, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shing Mee at 109 and Sien Yee Wong at 113. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    113 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sien Yee Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lee Dick at 111 and Lee Foo at 115. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    124 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Wah Wong, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Loo Yick at 122 and Library Optimistic at 126. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    125 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Y Wong, a manager at Yen Tong Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 123 and W K Oriental Gardens at 127. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    258 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Tong Wong, a barber 1940
    • Wing Yip Wong, a manager at the Loyal Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yuen Fat Wah Jung Co at 262. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    279 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K You Wong, proprietor of Le Fong Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sam Lee Kee Co at 277 and N Lee at 291. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    296 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sai Fee Wong, a secretary at Chinese Nationalist League Vancouver Branch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Lee Co at 288. The block, door by door

  15. 15

    330 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Soon Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 326 and “Orientals” at 336. The block, door by door

  16. 16

    456 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • T Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: S O Knabestead at 452 and Duck Loew at 460. The block, door by door

  17. 17

    646 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Goon Wong, a manager at Modernize Tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pin Kong at 640 and Mrs E Papelpu at 650. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the 19: a proprietor (6), a manager (4) and a secretary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (11) and Strathcona (6). 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 Gee Suey Wong at 51 East Pender Street, proprietor of Victory Patent Medicines. The 1940 name section lists Harry Wong at 86 East Pender Street, proprietor of New Life Bookshop. The 1940 name section lists Fong Kim Wong at 90 East Pender Street, proprietor of Bok Young Low. The 1940 name section lists Sam Wong at 100 East Pender Street, proprietor of Golden Dragon Cafe.

The 1940 name section lists Samtien Wong at 103 East Pender Street, a manager at W Samtien Co. Git Lin Wong is listed at 105 East Pender Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is Tong Wong. The 1940 name section lists Git Lin Wong there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Yee Wong at 110 East Pender Street, proprietor of Chung Wah. Chen Wong, a confectioner, is listed at 111 East Pender Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Sien Yee Wong at 113 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Sien Yee Wong there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists Wah Wong, a barber, at 124 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists William Y Wong at 125 East Pender Street, a manager at Yen Tong Cafe. In 1940 the directory lists Tong Wong, a barber, at 258 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Wing Yip Wong there, a manager at the Loyal Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists K You Wong at 279 East Pender Street, proprietor of Le Fong Co. The 1940 name section lists Sai Fee Wong at 296 East Pender Street, a secretary at Chinese Nationalist League Vancouver Branch. In 1940 the directory lists Soon Wong at 330 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Soon Wong there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists T Wong at 456 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Tim Wong there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Goon Wong at 646 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Goon Wong there as the householder, a manager at Modernize Tailors.

Today

51 East Pender, 100 East Pender, 110 East Pender, 111 East Pender, 124 East Pender, 258 East Pender and 279 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 86 East Pender, 90 East Pender, 103 East Pender, 105 East Pender, 113 East Pender, 125 East Pender, 296 East Pender, 330 East Pender, 456 East Pender and 646 East Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 105 East Pender: no archive photo of the 100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 24 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.