A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Youngs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Young at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar 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 137 other streets too, all listed on the Young name's own page.
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Where the Youngs lived
- 1
3321 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- T S Young, proprietor of Soole & Young 1940
- George T Young, a salesman at Soole & Young 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R P Jefferson at 3307 and G T Cavin at 3335. The block, door by door
- 2
3496 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Hong Young, of Young Bros 1940
- Kai Young, of Young Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: Lending Lib Ridgewell at 3494. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a salesman. Two of them worked for Soole & Young.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 T S Young at 3321 Dunbar 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 Thomas S Young there as the householder, proprietor of Soole & Young, with George T Young, a salesman at Soole & Young. The 1940 name section lists Hong Young at 3496 Dunbar Street, of Young Bros, with Kai Young, of Young Bros.
Today
3321 Dunbar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3496 Dunbar, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Young T S3321 Dunbar, p. 44
- Young Geo T slsmn Soole & Young3321 Dunbar, p. 680
- Young Thos S prop Soole & Young3321 Dunbar, p. 680
- Young Hong of Young Bros3496 Dunbar, p. 680
- Young Kai of Young Bros3496 Dunbar, 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.