A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Woosnams
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Woosnam at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Woosnams lived
- 1
315 East 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Joseph R Woosnam, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: N R Dubois at 307 and L Cohen at 319. The block, door by door
- 2
650 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D F Woosnam, a janitor at Saint Block 1940
Next door in 1940: W Patterson at 648 and Mrs E M Hopper at 652. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a janitor and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 Joseph R Woosnam at 315 East 18th Avenue, a porter at the CPR. D F Woosnam is listed at 650 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David F Woosnam there as the householder, a janitor at Saint Block.
Today
315 East 18th and 650 Kingsway 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.
- Woosnam Jos R porter CPR315 East 18th, p. 674
- Woosnam D F650 Kingsway, p. 97
- Woosnam David F jntr Saint Blk650 Kingsway, p. 674
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Woosnams
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Woosnam 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.