Vancouver
Dunbar-Southlands
4,376 addresses on 49 streets, in the 1940 city directory
No other area on the site had accountants like Dunbar-Southlands: 157 in the 1940 directory, four times as common as on the rest of the site's streets. One was Alex P Black, at 3544 Blenheim Street. Dunbar-Southlands has kept more of its old buildings than the rest of the site's streets: half of its addresses still have one from before 1946, against one in three.
Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.
At work in 1940
The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.
Salesman462
- Sid M Sykes5520 Alma Street
- W Ernest Haddock4190 Balaclava Street
- John W Paton3437 Blenheim Street
- William E Rice4456 Collingwood Street
- George T Young3321 Dunbar Street
And 457 more, each on their own house's page.
Clerk458
- Thomas R Moulton5583 Alma Street
- Doreen L Woodford5629 Balaclava Street
- Frederick S Clendenning3532 Blenheim Street
- Gwen E A Roberts3926 Collingwood Street
- Byron S Gordon3322 Dunbar Street
And 453 more, each on their own house's page.
Stenographer272
- Tessa M Thomson5830 Alma Street
- M Elma Beck5609 Balaclava Street
- N Gwen Morgan3586 Blenheim Street
- E Constance Young4790 Carnarvon Street
- Winnifred C Lloyd3370 Collingwood Street
And 267 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor180
- T William Ward5568 Alma Street
- Charles H Wilson4175 Balaclava Street
- Don K Nelson3585 Blenheim Street
- Mrs Audrey Jervis4332 Collingwood Street
- Thomas S Young3321 Dunbar Street
And 175 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher178
- William MacB Brown5626 Alma Street
- Percy D Taylor5569 Balaclava Street
- Beatty J MacLean3487 Blenheim Street
- Elsa M Wiegand3768 Dunbar Street
- Margaret S Simpson5737 Highbury Street
And 173 more, each on their own house's page.
Accountant157
- Alex P Black3544 Blenheim Street
- Walter B S Watson4506 Collingwood Street
- Elsie L Bennett5780 Dunbar Street
- John O'C Oldfin3737 Highbury Street
- George Keir5807 Holland Street
And 152 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager122
- James Carwardine5883 Alma Street
- Thomas W Broadhead3743 Blenheim Street
- Peter J Lloyd3370 Collingwood Street
- Ian B Mackay5889 Dunbar Street
- Ross Wilson5712 Holland Street
And 117 more, each on their own house's page.
Maid116
- Kathleen R Kaye3534 West 24th Avenue
- Cath M Henney2997 West 38th Avenue
And 114 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter100
- William R Shelp3779 Blenheim Street
- William J Caldwell5626 Carnarvon Street
- John H Morrill3537 Dunbar Street
- Lachlan McTaggart3675 Highbury Street
- Walter Udesen5907 Holland Street
And 95 more, each on their own house's page.
Bookkeeper74
- Elizabeth M Martin4331 Blenheim Street
- Ella C Young4790 Carnarvon Street
- Marjorie E Lye4832 Dunbar Street
- Richard D Davies5588 Holland Street
- Harold D Whitacre5630 Olympic Street
And 69 more, each on their own house's page.
Engineer74
- William C Byatt5589 Balaclava Street
- Ernest A Crowe3555 Dunbar Street
- William S Batchelor4008 West 16th Avenue
- George H Shepherd3537 West 18th Avenue
- D Wilfred McDonald3377 West 19th Avenue
And 69 more, each on their own house's page.
Saleswoman68
- Flora Cline5718 Alma Street
- Audrey E M Crummer3814 Blenheim Street
- Marjory B Donald4380 Collingwood Street
- Mona K Savage4238 Dunbar Street
- Jean E Garrett5594 Mackenzie Street
And 63 more, each on their own house's page.
School principalfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets13
- Rufus P Steeves6015 Alma Street
- J Ray Atkinson3036 West 24th Avenue
- William F Houston3811 West 26th Avenue
- J Wallace B Shore2992 West 27th Avenue
- John D Godfrey2914 West 29th Avenue
And 8 more, each on their own house's page.
Scalereight times as common as on the rest of the site's streets11
- Harold J Moscrop6009 Alma Street
- J Russell McKinlay5630 Balaclava Street
- Albert C Heard4560 Blenheim Street
- Frederick C O'Grady3952 West 18th Avenue
- Henry Perrett3050 West 28th Avenue
And 6 more, each on their own house's page.
School vice-principalfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Thomas S Baynes3975 Blenheim Street
- E Ruyter Shearman3808 West 18th Avenue
- John A Harper3884 West 21st Avenue
- Albert E Henderson3562 West 24th Avenue
- Melvin L Henderson3691 West 30th Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
51 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Vancouver City297
- BC Electric Railway111
- BC Telephone106
- UBC83
- CPR75
- Spencer's68
- BC Government57
- Canadian Government43
At home
2,900 of the 4,257 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
Three in five of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.
Still standing
2,187 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 1,449 were rebuilt later, and 740 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 3620 West 20th Avenuebuilt 1901
- 3575 Mayfair Avenuebuilt 1906
- 3581 Mayfair Avenuebuilt 1906
- 3450 West 38th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 3515 West 35th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 3527 West 35th Avenuebuilt 1910
Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.
In the archives
Archive photos of its streets, then three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.
The streets
The 49 streets in Dunbar-Southlands on the site, A to Z.
- Alma Streetthe 5500–6000 blocks: 47 addresses, 26 still standing1940
- Balaclava Streetthe 4100 and 5500–5600 blocks: 12 addresses, four still standing1940
- Blenheim Streetthe 3400–5800, 6000 and 7200–7300 blocks: 184 addresses, 114 still standing1940
- Carnarvon Streetthe 4100, 4700 and 5500–5600 blocks: 7 addresses, four still standing1940
- Collingwood Streetthe 3300–3400, 3600–3700, 3900, 4300–4500, 4700–5000, 5400, 6200–6300 and 7200 blocks: 59 addresses, 38 still standing1940
- Crown Streetthe 3600, 5500 and 5900 blocks: 4 addresses, one still standing1940
- Dunbar Streetthe 3300–6000, 6200 and 6400–6600 blocks: 286 addresses, 114 still standing1940
- Highbury Streetthe 3300, 3500–3800, 4100 and 5500–6100 blocks: 46 addresses, 20 still standing1940
- Holland Street25 addresses, 14 still standing1940
- Mackenzie Streetthe 4300, 4500–4900 and 5500 blocks: 31 addresses, eight still standing1940
- Mayfair Avenue19 addresses, eleven still standing1940
- Olympic Street30 addresses, 28 still standing1940
- Puget Drivethe 3800–4000 blocks: 14 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Quadra Street2 addresses, one still standing1940
- Wallace Streetthe 3300, 4600–4700 and 5500–5800 blocks: 25 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- West 16th Avenuethe 3500–3600 and 3900–4000 blocks: 69 addresses, 44 still standing1940
- West 17th Avenuethe 3500–4000 blocks: 60 addresses, 29 still standing1940
- West 18th Avenuethe 3300–4000 blocks: 156 addresses, 83 still standing1940
- West 19th Avenuethe 3300–4000 blocks: 165 addresses, 88 still standing1940
- West 20th Avenuethe 3200–4000 blocks: 155 addresses, 79 still standing1940
- West 21st Avenuethe 3200–4000 blocks: 154 addresses, 70 still standing1940
- West 22nd Avenuethe 3200–3900 blocks: 151 addresses, 89 still standing1940
- West 23rd Avenuethe 3100–3900 blocks: 151 addresses, 80 still standing1940
- West 24th Avenuethe 3000–3900 blocks: 139 addresses, 74 still standing1940
- West 26th Avenuethe 2700 and 3000–3800 blocks: 149 addresses, 80 still standing1940
- West 27th Avenuethe 2900–3800 blocks: 122 addresses, 54 still standing1940
- West 28th Avenuethe 2900–3700 blocks: 138 addresses, 53 still standing1940
- West 29th Avenuethe 2900–3900 blocks: 147 addresses, 69 still standing1940
- West 30th Avenuethe 2900, 3200–3900 and 4800 blocks: 150 addresses, 70 still standing1940
- West 31st Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 143 addresses, 81 still standing1940
- West 32nd Avenuethe 2900–3500 and 3900–4000 blocks: 147 addresses, 76 still standing1940
- West 33rd Avenuethe 2900–4100 blocks: 156 addresses, 92 still standing1940
- West 34th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 158 addresses, 68 still standing1940
- West 35th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 152 addresses, 69 still standing1940
- West 36th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 150 addresses, 73 still standing1940
- West 37th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 175 addresses, 83 still standing1940
- West 38th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 145 addresses, 62 still standing1940
- West 39th Avenuethe 2900–4000 blocks: 99 addresses, 38 still standing1940
- West 40th Avenuethe 2900 and 3300–3500 blocks: 56 addresses, 21 still standing1940
- West 41st Avenuethe 3200–3500, 3700–3800 and 4000 blocks: 46 addresses, 14 still standing1940
- West 42nd Avenuethe 3300–3500 blocks: 42 addresses, 19 still standing1940
- West 43rd Avenuethe 3300–3500 blocks: 35 addresses, 21 still standing1940
- West 44th Avenuethe 3300–3400 blocks: 5 addresses, four still standing1940
- West 47th Avenuethe 3500 block: 4 addresses, four still standing1940
- West 48th Avenuethe 3600 block: 2 addresses1940
- West 49th Avenuethe 3500–3600 and 3800 blocks: 8 addresses, one still standing1940
- West 50th Avenue6 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 51st Avenuethe 3600–3800 blocks: 7 addresses1940
- West King Edward Avenuethe 3000–3900 blocks: 143 addresses, 89 still standing1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at one door in Dunbar-Southlands instead of the residents' names. Its canvassers often didn't take down Chinese, Japanese and other residents' names, so the people at those doors can't be named or counted from it. Each door is on its street's page, as printed.