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A family name on Jackson Avenue, Strathcona

The Wongs

In the city directories 1940 · 16 people at five addresses

The directories print 16 people named Wong at five addresses in 1940, all on Jackson Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: seven Wongs at 549 Jackson in 1940. 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

    443 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Chue Wong 1940
    • Emmiline Wong, a saleswoman 1940
    • Mary Wong 1940
    • Wing You Wong, proprietor of Jong Wah Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Johnson at 419. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    549 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • O Wong, retired 1940
    • Allan Wong, a clerk 1940
    • Anna Wong 1940
    • James Wong, a waiter 1940
    • Mary Wong, a seamstress 1940
    • Ming Wong, a waiter 1940
    • Rosina Wong, a seamstress 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 541. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    660 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Wong (no first name printed) 1940
    • Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Imre at 622. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    738 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Hunter at 736 and Y Chong at 740. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    830 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Chow Wong 1940
    • Wally Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Rooms” at 826. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 16: a seamstress (2), a waiter (2), a clerk, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (5). 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 Chue Wong at 443 Jackson Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Chue Wong there as the householder, with Emmiline Wong, a saleswoman, Mary Wong, and Wing You Wong, proprietor of Jong Wah Co. In 1940 the directory lists O Wong at 549 Jackson Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ow Wong there as the householder, retired, with Allan Wong, a clerk, Anna Wong, James Wong, a waiter, Mary Wong, a seamstress, Ming Wong, a waiter, and Rosina Wong, a seamstress.

In 1940 the directory lists Wong (no first name printed) at 660 Jackson Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wong there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F Wong at 738 Jackson Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fred Wong there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Chow Wong at 830 Jackson Avenue, with Wally Wong.

Today

660 Jackson and 830 Jackson still have their buildings from before 1946, 660 Jackson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 443 Jackson, 549 Jackson and 738 Jackson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Wongs

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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.