A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Youngs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Young at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. 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
455 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A Young 1940
Next door in 1940: A Smith at 453 and H R Hickman at 457. The block, door by door
- 2
3025 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- R H Young, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R M Daniels at 3015 and J E Woodley at 3033. The block, door by door
- 3
3637 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A W Young 1940
- Dorothy Young, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: E F Talbot at 3633 and M Haggerty at 3643. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a longshoreman and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A Young at 455 West 7th Avenue. R H Young is listed at 3025 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert H Young there as the householder, a longshoreman.
A W Young is listed at 3637 West 7th Avenue 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 Dorothy Young there, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
3637 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 3025 West 7th (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 455 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Young A455 West 7th, p. 191
- Young R H3025 West 7th, p. 192
- Young Robt H lngshmn3025 West 7th, p. 680
- *Young A W3637 West 7th, p. 193
- Young Dorothy nurse Van Genl Hosp3637 West 7th, 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.