A family name on McGill Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
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 McGill 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
2509 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Helen T Young, an assistant secretary 1940
- Velma V Young, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: S P Brereton at 2503 and D. M Taylor at 2515. The block, door by door
- 2
2761 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W W Young, a foreman for A H Timms 1940
- J Morden Young 1940
Next door in 1940: J Hay at 2755 and Mrs L Lowry at 2769. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant secretary, a foreman and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Helen T Young at 2509 McGill Street, an assistant secretary, with Velma V Young, an operator at the BC Telephone. W W Young is listed at 2761 McGill Street 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 William W Young there as the householder, a foreman for A H Timms, with J Morden Young.
Today
2509 McGill (2016) and 2761 McGill (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Young Helen T asst sec RVYC2509 McGill, p. 680
- Young Velma V opr BC Tel2509 McGill, p. 680
- *Young W W2761 McGill, p. 105
- Young J Morden2761 McGill, p. 680
- Young Wm W formn A H Timms2761 McGill, p. 681
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.