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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Youngs

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Young at four addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Youngs at 1636 West 11th in 1940. 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

    1175 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • James R Young, a barrister at Locke Lane Nicholson & Sheppard 1940

    Next door in 1940: E T Telfer at 1165. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1445 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Evelyn Young 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Calder at 1435 and 5 listings at 1455. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1636 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A A Young 1940
    • Earl A Young, a salesman at Arctic Ice 1940
    • K Lorne Young, a driver at Arctic Ice 1940
    • Leslie A Young, an ice cream maker at Arctic Ice 1940
    • Mae E I Young, proprietor of Mayfair Sport Shoppe 1940
    • Myrtle Young 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Dagg at 1626 and C H Judd at 1646. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4490 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W Edward L Young, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Green at 4484. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a barrister, a driver, an ice cream maker, a proprietor and a salesman. Three of them worked for Arctic Ice.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and West Point Grey. 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 James R Young at 1175 West 11th Avenue, a barrister at Locke Lane Nicholson & Sheppard. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn Young at 1445 West 11th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists A A Young at 1636 West 11th Avenue; 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 Earl A Young there, a salesman at Arctic Ice, with K Lorne Young, a driver at Arctic Ice, Leslie A Young, an ice cream maker at Arctic Ice, Mae E I Young, proprietor of Mayfair Sport Shoppe, and Myrtle Young.

The 1940 name section lists W Edward L Young at 4490 West 11th Avenue, a student at UBC.

Today

4490 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1175 West 11th (1960) and 1445 West 11th (1954) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1636 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Youngs

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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.