A family name on Heatley Avenue, Strathcona
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 Heatley Avenue. 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
439 Heatley Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- B Wong, a canneryman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Raycevich at 435 and J Frost at 443. The block, door by door
- 2
609 Heatley Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- Chow Wong, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: M L Stanton at 677. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a canneryman and a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (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
In 1940 the directory lists B Wong at 439 Heatley Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin Wong there as the householder, a canneryman. The 1940 name section lists Chow Wong at 609 Heatley Avenue as the householder, a cook.
Today
439 Heatley and 609 Heatley still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wong B439 Heatley, p. 82
- Wong Benj cannerymn439 Heatley, p. 670
- Wong Chow cook609 Heatley, p. 670
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.