A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 33rd 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
2526 West 33rd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- L Young, a manager at the Fraser Theatre 1940
Next door in 1940: G R Robinson at 2502 and R G Forrest at 2550. The block, door by door
- 2
2936 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- D W Young, a stockman at Crawford & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Chalmers at 2902 and P Tardif at 2994. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a manager and a stockman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 L Young at 2526 West 33rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Lester Young there as the householder, a manager at the Fraser Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists D W Young at 2936 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Doug W Young there as the householder, a stockman at Crawford & Co.
Today
2526 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 2936 West 33rd (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Young L2526 West 33rd, p. 249
- Young Lester mgr Fraser Thea2526 West 33rd, p. 680
- Young D W2936 West 33rd, p. 249
- Young Doug W stockmn Crawford & Co2936 West 33rd, p. 680
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.