A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Youngs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Young at five addresses in 1940, all on Main 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Youngs lived
- 1
205 Main Street
Downtown, 1940
- Edward Young, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: Melbourne Hotel at 201 and J Fuoco at 215. The block, door by door
- 2
331 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- John Young 1940
Next door in 1940: Importing Standard at 327 and BC Pub Mkt at 333. The block, door by door
- 3
451 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- F W Young, in produce 1940
Next door in 1940: Library Annex Van Pub at 431. The block, door by door
- 4
645 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Tom Young 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F Fujino at 641. The block, door by door
- 5
3288 Main Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs E R Young, in dressmaker and dry goods 1940
Next door in 1940: W Elliott at 3282 and 4 listings at 3290. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a cook and a dressmaker and dry goods.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Downtown and Riley Park. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward Young at 205 Main Street, a cook. The 1940 name section lists John Young at 331 Main Street. In 1940 the directory lists F W Young, in produce, at 451 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Tom Young at 645 Main Street.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E R Young, in dry goods, at 3288 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eleanor R Young there, in dressmaker and dry goods.
Today
205 Main and 3288 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 331 Main, 451 Main and 645 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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.