A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Youngs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Young at three addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 137 other streets too, all listed on the Young name's own page.
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Where the Youngs lived
- 1
5026 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- W Young, a branch secretary for Mutual Life 1940
Next door in 1940: W F Gurd at 5008 and S J Borland at 5042. The block, door by door
- 2
5610 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mae E Young, a cook for N M Beaton 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Dawson at 5630. The block, door by door
- 3
6531 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- T W Young, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs O Magnall at 6507 and W Allen at 6543. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a branch secretary and a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2) and Kerrisdale. 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 Young at 5026 Angus Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Young there as the householder, a branch secretary for Mutual Life. The 1940 name section lists Mae E Young at 5610 Angus Drive, a cook for N M Beaton.
T W Young is listed at 6531 Angus Drive in 1940; 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 lists Thomas W Young there as the householder, retired, with Thomas W Young Jr, a student.
Today
5610 Angus Drive and 6531 Angus Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 5026 Angus Drive (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Young W5026 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Young Wm br sec Mutual Life5026 Angus Drive, p. 681
- Young Mae E cook N M Beaton5610 Angus Drive, p. 680
- *Young T W6531 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Young Thos W retired6531 Angus Drive, p. 680
- Young Thos W Jr studt6531 Angus Drive, p. 680
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Youngs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Young 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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.