Vancouver
West End
2,316 addresses on 25 streets, in the 1940 city directory
The West End has been rebuilt: one in eleven of its addresses keeps a building from before 1946, where the site's other streets keep one in three. The West End rented: only one in six of its households carries the directory's mark for a family member owning the house in 1940, where the site's other streets have half.
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.
Stenographer595
- Beatrice M O'Reilly1146 Alberni Street
- Irene M Risk1039 Barclay Street
- Marguerite Reynolds1053 Beach Avenue
- Eunice M Sanderson836 Bidwell Street
- Dorothy M Dean627 Broughton Street
And 590 more, each on their own house's page.
Clerk571
- Frederick Moat1259 Alberni Street
- J Warren Rothenbush1170 Barclay Street
- Norman T Grimmett1167 Beach Avenue
- A G Leonard Pearce840 Bidwell Street
- Thomas R Haworth700 Broughton Street
And 566 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman501
- George Maitland1124 Alberni Street
- Bertram Ransom1052 Barclay Street
- J Thomas Welbourne1220 Beach Avenue
- Clif W Bell851 Bidwell Street
- William A Dean627 Broughton Street
And 496 more, each on their own house's page.
Nursethree times as common as on the rest of the site's streets325
- Audrey F Robinson1520 Alberni Street
- Irene Phillips1260 Barclay Street
- Muriel A Wilkinson1069 Beach Avenue
- Helen M Lloyd956 Bidwell Street
- Clementine D King777 Burrard Street
And 320 more, each on their own house's page.
Saleswoman314
- May McNaul1254 Alberni Street
- Kathleen McFerran1026 Barclay Street
- Ruth H Reynolds1053 Beach Avenue
- Mrs Sylvia H Sibbett735 Bidwell Street
- Edith E Butchers890 Broughton Street
And 309 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor304
- Albert Cowsill1058 Alberni Street
- Frederick R Booth1123 Barclay Street
- Paul Gaspar1030 Beach Avenue
- William Brennan851 Bidwell Street
- Henrik R Henriksen700 Broughton Street
And 299 more, each on their own house's page.
Waitress151
- Pearl Naster1255 Alberni Street
- Dorothy J MacFarlane1260 Barclay Street
- H Isabella M Lloyd956 Bidwell Street
- Julia Leckie990 Bute Street
- Phyllis E Macdonell1041 Comox Street
And 146 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager132
- Norman V Dafoe1320 Alberni Street
- Arthur Huddell1170 Barclay Street
- Julian M Brady1311 Beach Avenue
- Mrs Ida L Boyd735 Bidwell Street
- G Cyril Hodge958 Broughton Street
And 127 more, each on their own house's page.
Teacher127
- Laura Wilcox1536 Alberni Street
- Daphne M P Smithson1263 Barclay Street
- Lillian A Ross1067 Beach Avenue
- M Kathleen Howatson920 Bidwell Street
- Jessie F B Parkes1091 Broughton Street
And 122 more, each on their own house's page.
Operator118
- Barbara R McGinn1225 Barclay Street
- Constance M Power1159 Beach Avenue
- Rosamond F Porter1306 Bidwell Street
- Freda S Pearce742 Broughton Street
- Maude E Wright884 Bute Street
And 113 more, each on their own house's page.
Bookkeeper113
- R W Glass1123 Barclay Street
- Tom Percy950 Bidwell Street
- John E Geldard700 Broughton Street
- Michael Griffith777 Burrard Street
- Bruce H Barker884 Bute Street
And 108 more, each on their own house's page.
Accountant112
- Richard R Dafoe1624 Alberni Street
- Hobart Glass1123 Barclay Street
- Patrick J Power1159 Beach Avenue
- R Ken Phillips735 Bidwell Street
- Norman Alexander742 Broughton Street
And 107 more, each on their own house's page.
Brokerfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets12
- George R Hanbury1724 Barclay Street
- Arthur W Stevenson1272 Beach Avenue
- Percy Winterborne1091 Broughton Street
- John Ewart1924 Comox Street
- John K Stymets1045 Haro Street
And 7 more, each on their own house's page.
Bell boysix times as common as on the rest of the site's streets11
- Jirohei Otsuka1662 Alberni Street
- Allan R Nairn1080 Gilford Street
- Paul Rouillard1070 Haro Street
- Gerald Carlin1235 Nelson Street
- J Doug McLaughlin955 Thurlow Street
And 6 more, each on their own house's page.
Wiper9
- Frank A Claridge1509 Haro Street
- John Fletcher1183 Pacific Street
- D Lawrence Tooke1425 Thurlow Street
- H Osborne Tooke1425 Thurlow Street
And 5 more, each on their own house's page.
94 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- St Paul's Hospital194
- Vancouver City166
- CPR137
- Spencer's127
- BC Telephone119
- Hudson's Bay Company118
- Vancouver Hotel92
- BC Government84
At home
735 of the 4,434 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).
One in three 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
215 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 355 were rebuilt later, and 1,746 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 1130 Jervis Streetbuilt 1900
- 1550 Comox Streetbuilt 1900
- 1042 Davie Streetbuilt 1901
- 1103 Pendrell Streetbuilt 1901
- 1104 Bute Streetbuilt 1901
- 1111 Broughton Streetbuilt 1901
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 25 streets in the West End on the site, A to Z.
- Alberni Street122 addresses, two still standing1940
- Barclay Street162 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- Beach Avenuethe 1000–1400 blocks: 51 addresses, one still standing1940
- Bidwell Street72 addresses, five still standing1940
- Broughton Street59 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Burrard Streetthe 700–800 blocks: 35 addresses, four still standing1940
- Bute Streetthe 800–1400 blocks: 42 addresses, 14 still standing1940
- Cardero Streetthe 700–1300 blocks: 56 addresses, 17 still standing1940
- Chilco Street15 addresses, three still standing1940
- Comox Street162 addresses, 23 still standing1940
- Davie Streetthe 1000–1700 blocks: 199 addresses, nine still standing1940
- Denman Street99 addresses, ten still standing1940
- Gilford Street21 addresses, four still standing1940
- Haro Street171 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- Harwood Street124 addresses, eight still standing1940
- Jervis Streetthe 700–1300 blocks: 32 addresses, four still standing1940
- Lagoon Drive2 addresses1940
- Morton Avenue6 addresses1940
- Nelson Streetthe 1000–2000 blocks: 180 addresses, twelve still standing1940
- Nicola Street66 addresses, eleven still standing1940
- Pacific Streetthe 1000–1200 blocks: 75 addresses, six still standing1940
- Pendrell Street150 addresses, 16 still standing1940
- Robson Streetthe 1000–2000 blocks: 269 addresses, seven still standing1940
- Thurlow Streetthe 700–1400 blocks: 81 addresses, 18 still standing1940
- West Georgia Streetthe 1000 and 1600–1800 blocks: 65 addresses1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at one door in the West End 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.