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The Yellows

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at 14 addresses

The directories print 14 people named Yellow at 14 addresses in 1940 in nine of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Yellows 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

    570 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Cab Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bus Terminal Shoe Shine at 564. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1625 Marpole Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for H H McIntosh 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Thompson at 1605 and Dr C H Vrooman at 1645. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3044 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for H 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R L Howard at 3036 and A J Nash at 3050. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    7562 Ontario Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, a bricklayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Wagner at 7542 and F V Julian at 7594. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    7632 Ontario Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: D L Williams at 7620 and A L Doublet at 7656. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1875 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for the Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev W E Galloway at 1885. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1315 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: valdimir (the) at 1305 and Shaughnessy Crescent at 1325. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1325 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for the Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: granchester court at 1315 and st george's apts at 1375. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2335 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scouse at 2325 and Mrs B Minkie at 2345. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    3676 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V Waters at 3656 and J J Thornton at 3692. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    2376 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Forsyth at 2366 and M F Keeley at 2384. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    1580 West 71st Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Gibson at 1524 and P Moen at 1592. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    1765 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Tea Pot Yellow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Two Boys Msngr Serv at 1735 and L J La Rocque at 1775. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the 14: a baker and a bricklayer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4), Kitsilano (2), Marpole (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy and Sunset. 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 Cab Yellow at 570 Dunsmuir Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cabs Yellow there. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1625 Marpole Avenue, who worked for H H McIntosh. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 3044 Ontario Street as the householder, who worked for H, with Tea Pot Yellow.

The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 7562 Ontario Street as the householder, a bricklayer. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 7632 Ontario Street, with Tea Pot Yellow. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1875 Venables Street, who worked for the Hospital, with Tea Pot Yellow, who worked for the Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1298 West 10th Avenue as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1315 West 15th Avenue, who worked for M-W Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1325 West 15th Avenue, who worked for the Pauls Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 2335 West 2nd Avenue as the householder, a baker. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 3676 West 38th Avenue.

The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 2376 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1580 West 71st Avenue as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Tea Pot Yellow at 1765 West Broadway as the householder.

Today

570 Dunsmuir, 1625 Marpole, 1298 West 10th, 1315 West 15th, 3676 West 38th and 2376 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 7562 Ontario (1988) and 7632 Ontario (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3044 Ontario, 1875 Venables, 1325 West 15th, 2335 West 2nd, 1580 West 71st and 1765 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.