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Downtown, Vancouver

1125 West Pender Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1125 West Pender Street is The Seaton, an apartment building, with twelve suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 14 people here: George P Cameron, an engineer; May Elliott; and twelve others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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17
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • 13 linesThe Seaton and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • George P Cameronan engineer · householder · suite Qp. 88
  • May Elliotthouseholder · suite Ip. 181
  • Joseph D Kittsa manager at The Seaton · householder · suite Dp. 327
  • Mrs Audrey T Lowellhouseholder · suite Jp. 357
  • Emma S McMurraywidow of J · householder · suite Hp. 397
  • James O McNameea journalist · householder · suite Ap. 397
  • Albert Pageretired · householder · suite Cp. 476
  • Mrs Margherita Riemana saleswoman at Sally Shops · householder · suite Fp. 521
  • T Sollihouseholder · suite Sp. 575
  • R Syvertsenhouseholder · suite Gp. 599
  • Elgin E E Walleyproprietor of the Razor Blade Hospital · householder · suite Bp. 639
  • George J Whitneya waiter at the Europe Hotel · householder · suite Op. 657

Also under the Cameron name

  • Nancy S Camerona student · lives here · suite Qp. 88
  • Patricia M McMurraylives here · suite Hp. 397

Also at this address

  • Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

West Pender Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST PENDER

  1. 1125Seaton (The) aptsp. 132
  2. 1125AMcNamee J Op. 132
  3. 1125BWalley E E Ep. 132
  4. 1125CPage Ap. 132
  5. 1125DKitts J Dp. 132
  6. 1125FRieman Mrs Mp. 132
  7. 1125GSyvertsen Rp. 132
  8. 1125HMcMurray Mrs E Sp. 132
  9. 1125IElliott Miss Mp. 132
  10. 1125JLowell Mrs A Tp. 132
  11. 1125OWhitney G Jp. 132
  12. 1125QCameron G Pp. 132
  13. 1125SSolli Tp. 132

Names

  1. Cameron Geo P eng hQ, 1125 West Penderp. 88
  2. Elliott May hI, 1125 West Penderp. 181
  3. Kitts Jos D mgr The Seaton hD, 1125 West Penderp. 327
  4. Lowell Mrs Audrey T hJ, 1125 West Penderp. 357
  5. McMurray Emma S wid J hH, 1125 West Penderp. 397
  6. McNamee Jas O journalist hA, 1125 West Penderp. 397
  7. Page Albt retired hC, 1125 West Penderp. 476
  8. Rieman Mrs Margherita slswm Sally Shops hF, 1125 West Penderp. 521
  9. Solli T hS, 1125 West Penderp. 575
  10. Syvertsen R hG, 1125 West Penderp. 599
  11. Walley Elgin E E prop Razor Blade Hosp hB, 1125 West Penderp. 639
  12. Whitney Geo J waiter Europe Hotel hO, 1125 West Penderp. 657
  13. Cameron Nancy S studt rQ, 1125 West Penderp. 88
  14. McMurray Patricia M rH, 1125 West Penderp. 397
The lines for 1125 West Pender Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1125 West Pender Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 1100 block of West Pender Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1112, with a building from 1960.

The 1100 block in 1940

West Pender Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, Downtown: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

West Pender Street, the 1100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 1100 block of West Pender Street

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1125 West Pender Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.