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Marpole
1,489 addresses on 39 streets, in the 1940 city directory
Little of Marpole's 1940 is left to see: one in five of its addresses still has a building from before 1946, against one in three on the rest of the site's streets. Marpole was the site's home of sawyers: the 1940 directory lists 25, eleven times as common as on the site's other streets. One was Frank J Hiscox, at 8450 Cornish Street.
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.
Clerk87
- George W Allan7358 Angus Drive
- Henry Penn7721 Cartier Street
- William N Egerton8067 Fremlin Street
- Lorna M Fawcett8164 French Street
- Philip A Tait8004 Granville Street
And 82 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman87
- Robert A Renwick7670 Cartier Street
- Norman T Park8416 Cornish Street
- Charles H Bean8179 Fremlin Street
- Clayton A McLeod7771 French Street
- Leonard K Horne8425 Granville Street
And 82 more, each on their own house's page.
Laborer72
- Henry R Barden7875 Cartier Street
- Stan Wells8316 Fremlin Street
- Osmond F Plumbley7790 French Street
- Charles E J Cosens7407 Granville Street
- Thomas Torraville8112 Heather Street
And 67 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor53
- Joyce Wells7971 Columbia Street
- Fairvan C Fawcett8155 Fremlin Street
- Norman S Atkins7982 Granville Street
- John L Roberts8907 Hudson Street
- George A Farrant7940 Montcalm Street
And 48 more, each on their own house's page.
Driver51
- Thomas Darwin8143 Fremlin Street
- Alfred J Cosens8731 French Street
- Peter J E Taylor7556 Heather Street
- James McWilliam7816 Montcalm Street
- William T Smith8529 Oak Street
And 46 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter47
- Olaf Pleym7749 Cartier Street
- Joseph Campbell8519 Fremlin Street
- Basil Partington8142 French Street
- Charles D Davis7622 Granville Street
- Michael Jamieson8420 Hudson Street
And 42 more, each on their own house's page.
Stenographer47
- Wilma E Lockhart7826 Cartier Street
- Frouida M Baker8644 French Street
- Bessie M Simpson7675 Heather Street
- Mrs Briza Cumming8419 Hudson Street
- Elsa M Bunting7742 Montcalm Street
And 42 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher43
- William L Lockhart7826 Cartier Street
- Margery O Scott8043 Fremlin Street
- Francis C Hardwick7608 Granville Street
- Grace H Clark8032 Hudson Street
- Ernest A Harris8205 Montcalm Street
And 38 more, each on their own house's page.
Engineer38
- Leigh H MacArthur8750 Aisne Street
- Albert J Pengelly8479 Cartier Street
- Charles Heard8515 Cornish Street
- Charles J Simmons8625 French Street
- Walter A Housley8550 Granville Street
And 33 more, each on their own house's page.
Millworker37
- Bryan C Knight8010 Cartier Street
- Philip Johnson8350 Fremlin Street
- Gentaro Wakabayashi8055 Granville Street
- Harold Dorum8739 Heather Street
- Glenford H Taylor7856 Hudson Street
And 32 more, each on their own house's page.
Gardener26
- Robert L Brown8506 Ash Street
- William Neville Jr7876 Granville Street
- George R Moore8181 Heather Street
- Eric H Case7658 Hudson Street
- Charles W Crabb8789 Laurel Street
And 21 more, each on their own house's page.
Sawyereleven times as common as on the rest of the site's streets25
- Frank J Hiscox8450 Cornish Street
- Ralph W Hamilton8424 Fremlin Street
- George A Kerr8250 French Street
- Blane S Donaldson8742 Hudson Street
- Clif H Higgins7908 Montcalm Street
And 20 more, each on their own house's page.
Boommanseven times as common as on the rest of the site's streets10
- William C Sandry8236 Cartier Street
- Clarence W Heard8440 Fremlin Street
- Kinosuke Shimoyama8377 Osler Street
- D M Henderson185 West 63rd Avenue
- George C Thorne261 West 64th Avenue
And 5 more, each on their own house's page.
Druggist10
- Albert E Fawcett8164 French Street
- Warren Mayes8564 Shaughnessy Street
- Ernest H Hall1208 West 59th Avenue
- Don C L Wilders1636 West 63rd Avenue
- Hugh Polonis825 West 67th Avenue
And 5 more, each on their own house's page.
Tallymanseventeen times as common as on the rest of the site's streets8
- Richard H Ramsden8656 Cartier Street
- George W Payne8741 Hudson Street
- William C Keeley8695 Laurel Street
- William Archer512 West 64th Avenue
- Don R MacFarlane753 West 68th Avenue
And 3 more, each on their own house's page.
Twelve people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- Vancouver City80
- Eburne Saw Mills49
- Canadian White Pine44
- H M Shingle41
- Pacific Meat38
- BC Plywoods20
- BC Electric Railway19
- CPR17
At home
892 of the 1,462 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
280 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 630 were rebuilt later, and 579 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 1450 West 64th Avenuebuilt 1906
- 1174 West 64th Avenuebuilt 1908
- 1611 West 63rd Avenuebuilt 1908
- 1451 Park Drivebuilt 1910
- 1512 West 66th Avenuebuilt 1910
- 1547 West 66th 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 39 streets in Marpole on the site, A to Z.
- Adera Streetthe 7300, 7500 and 8400 blocks: 4 addresses, two still standing1940
- Aisne Street2 addresses1940
- Angus Drivethe 7300, 7500 and 7800 blocks: 13 addresses, ten still standing1940
- Ash Streetthe 8200 and 8500 blocks: 6 addresses1940
- Birch Streetthe 7700–7900 blocks: 4 addresses, two still standing1940
- Cartier Streetthe 7600–8800 blocks: 95 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Columbia Streetthe 7800–8000 blocks: 4 addresses, one still standing1940
- Cornish Street9 addresses1940
- Fremlin Street58 addresses, six still standing1940
- French Street56 addresses, four still standing1940
- Granville Streetthe 7300–7600 and 7800–8800 blocks: 68 addresses, five still standing1940
- Heather Streetthe 7500–8100, 8300–8800 and 9000 blocks: 45 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Hudson Streetthe 7400–9200 blocks: 129 addresses, 15 still standing1940
- Laurel Streetthe 8300–8400 and 8600–8800 blocks: 10 addresses1940
- Montcalm Street99 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- Oak Streetthe 7400–8300, 8500–8900 and 9200 blocks: 63 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Ontario Streetthe 7500 block: 11 addresses, two still standing1940
- Osler Streetthe 7500–7800 and 8000–8800 blocks: 60 addresses, six still standing1940
- Park Drive43 addresses, 20 still standing1940
- Shaughnessy Street52 addresses, seven still standing1940
- West 57th Avenuethe 900, 1100–1300, 1500 and 1700 blocks: 31 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- West 58th Avenuethe 1400–1700 blocks: 8 addresses, three still standing1940
- West 59th Avenue72 addresses, 25 still standing1940
- West 60th Avenue27 addresses, seven still standing1940
- West 61st Avenuethe 0, 800 and 1600–1700 blocks: 27 addresses, six still standing1940
- West 62nd Avenuethe 0, 700–800 and 1600–1700 blocks: 43 addresses, seven still standing1940
- West 63rd Avenuethe 0–200, 400–500, 700–800 and 1500–1600 blocks: 71 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- West 64th Avenuethe 200, 500 and 800–1700 blocks: 108 addresses, 31 still standing1940
- West 65th Avenue40 addresses, ten still standing1940
- West 66th Avenue29 addresses, 13 still standing1940
- West 67th Avenue15 addresses, four still standing1940
- West 68th Avenue59 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- West 69th Avenue11 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 70th Avenue41 addresses, two still standing1940
- West 71st Avenue44 addresses, four still standing1940
- West 72nd Avenue8 addresses1940
- West 73rd Avenue19 addresses1940
- West 75th Avenue2 addresses1940
- Yukon Streetthe 6100, 7800 and 8700 blocks: 3 addresses, two still standing1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at two doors in Marpole 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.
Next door
Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Sunset.