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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Yets

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Yet at seven addresses in 1940 in two 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 Yets 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

    837 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W E Yet 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Briggs at 831 and M Hammer at 843. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    78 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lock Yet 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rothstein S Ltd at 34 and Moun Hong Loui at 80. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    174 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gaing Chop Suey Yet 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sing Sing Co at 170 and World Rooms at 176. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    207 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kee Yet, proprietor of Wing Sang Lung Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Min Bet Suey Kuo at 205 and Sing Lung Co at 209. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    540 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Gee Yet, a sign painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yok Wong at 536 and On Suey at 546. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    474 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Kwong Yet 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Gee at 466 and Mrs M Franceschini at 480. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    312 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Wong Yet 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sing Ho at 304 and L Possagno at 316. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a proprietor and a sign painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (5) and Downtown (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 W E Yet at 837 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William E Yet there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Lock Yet at 78 East Pender Street. Gaing Chop Suey Yet is listed at 174 East Pender Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Kee Yet at 207 East Pender Street, proprietor of Wing Sang Lung Co. Gee Yet is listed at 540 Gore Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gee Yet there as the householder, a sign painter.

Kwong Yet is listed at 474 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kwong Yet there as the householder. Wong Yet is listed at 312 Union Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wong Yet there as the householder.

Today

837 East Georgia (1986) and 312 Union (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 78 East Pender, 174 East Pender, 207 East Pender, 540 Gore and 474 Keefer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.