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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Youngs

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Young at four addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. 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

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

    262 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs E Young, widow of S F 1940
    • Louie Young 1940

    Next door in 1940: Savoy Hotel Beer Parl at 260 and Get Lum at 264. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    344 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • William Young, a porter at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: Goodwill Activities Assn at 346. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    612 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J E Young, an apprentice at Original Finishers 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Method Barber Shop at 600 and Mrs I Bynoe at 618. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1650 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Louisa Young, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scott at 1648 and H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an apprentice and a porter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Mrs E Young at 262 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emma Young there as the householder, widow of S F, with Louie Young. The 1940 name section lists William Young at 344 East Hastings Street, a porter at Canadian National Steamships.

J E Young is listed at 612 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Young there as the householder, with John E Young, a painter at the City of Vancouver, and John E Young Jr, an apprentice at Original Finishers. The 1940 name section lists Louisa Young at 1650 East Hastings Street, widow of J.

Today

344 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 262 East Hastings, 612 East Hastings and 1650 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.