Vancouver / Oakridge

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Oakridge

347 addresses on 17 streets, in the 1940 city directory

The 1940 directory lists 31 maids in Oakridge, five times as common as on the site's other streets. Elizabeth A Quiring, at 256 West 48th Avenue, was one of them. Four in five of the households the 1940 directory lists in Oakridge carry the directory's mark for a family member owning the house; on the rest of the site's streets, half.

Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.

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Oakridge today, with its streets on the site in red; the areas around it open their own pages. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

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.

  1. Maidfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets31

    And 30 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Clerk24

    And 19 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Managerfive times as common as on the rest of the site's streets24

    And 19 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Salesman23

    And 18 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Presidenteight times as common as on the rest of the site's streets18

    And 13 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Proprietor13

    And 8 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Teacher11

    And 6 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Stenographer6

    And 1 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Accountant5

    And 2 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Branch manager5

    And 1 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. Housekeeper5

    Each of them lived in another family's household, under another surname, so they are named in that house's book, not here.

  12. Nurse5

    And 3 more, each on their own house's page.

Who they worked for

  • UBC20
  • BC Electric Railway13
  • Vancouver City9
  • Canadian Government4
  • National Furniture4
  • Saba Bros4
  • Woodward's4
  • Jamieson Bros3

At home

269 of the 346 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).

Half 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

75 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 106 were rebuilt later, and 166 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:

Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.

On the 1912 map

Three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.

Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 6000 block of Granville Street
The 6000 block of Granville Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 5900 block of Ontario Street
The 5900 block of Ontario Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 6100 block of Ontario Street
The 6100 block of Ontario Street on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 17 streets in Oakridge on the site, A to Z.

  1. Cartier Streetthe 5700–6000 blocks: 40 addresses, twelve still standing
    1940
  2. Dogwood Avenue9 addresses
    1940
  3. Granville Streetthe 6000–6100, 6500 and 7200 blocks: 11 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  4. Hudson Streetthe 5700–6000, 6800 and 7200 blocks: 43 addresses, 16 still standing
    1940
  5. Oak Streetthe 5900 and 7100–7200 blocks: 5 addresses
    1940
  6. Ontario Streetthe 5700 and 5900–6200 blocks: 21 addresses, eight still standing
    1940
  7. West 42nd Avenuethe 0 block: 1 address, one still standing
    1940
  8. West 43rd Avenuethe 0 block: 1 address
    1940
  9. West 45th Avenuethe 0–200 and 1300–1400 blocks: 18 addresses, seven still standing
    1940
  10. West 46th Avenuethe 0 and 1200–1400 blocks: 31 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  11. West 47th Avenuethe 200 and 1300–1400 blocks: 29 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  12. West 48th Avenuethe 100–200 and 1300–1400 blocks: 15 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  13. West 49th Avenuethe 100–400 and 1400 blocks: 11 addresses
    1940
  14. West 52nd Avenuethe 0–1400 blocks: 89 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  15. West 53rd Avenuethe 1400 block: 2 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  16. West 54th Avenuethe 1000–1400 blocks: 12 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  17. West 57th Avenuethe 1000 and 1400 blocks: 9 addresses, five still standing
    1940

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