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A family name on Union Street, Strathcona and 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 Union 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.

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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

    542 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Foo Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Faoro at 538 and Box Union at 550. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1152 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • D Wong 1940

    Next door in 1940: Northwest Products at 1146 and A M Shepherd at 1156. The block, door by door

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 Foo Wong at 542 Union Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Foo Wong there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists D Wong at 1152 Union Street. The 1940 name section lists D Wong there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 542 Union, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 1152 Union, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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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.