A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Youngs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Young at two addresses in 1940, all on East 27th Avenue. 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
981 East 27th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W R Young, an oil burner mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Glass at 969 and Mrs C A Turner at 993. The block, door by door
- 2
3267 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- William C Young, a repairer at the Auto Metal & Radiator Works 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Faulkner at 3249 and R S McLean at 3285. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an oil burner mechanic and a repairer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 R Young at 981 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William R Young there as the householder, an oil burner mechanic. The 1940 name section lists William C Young at 3267 East 27th Avenue, a repairer at the Auto Metal & Radiator Works.
Today
3267 East 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 981 East 27th (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Young W R981 East 27th, p. 242
- Young Wm R oil burner mech981 East 27th, p. 681
- Young Wm C repr Auto Metal & Radiator Wks3267 East 27th, p. 681
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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Another name, or a house
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.