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West End, Vancouver

1170 Bidwell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists six suites and households at 1170 Bidwell Street. Its name section lists six people here: M Colebrook Clayton; Patrick J O'Donohue, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway; and four others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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7
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • M Colebrook Claytonhouseholder · suite 8p. 114
  • Patrick J O'Donohuea motorman at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 7p. 468
  • Marion Prenticewidow of E · householder · suite 2p. 502
  • William D Pugsleya salesman for W H Malkin · householder · suite 9p. 505
  • Doug K Robertsona salesman at Standard Oil · householder · suite 5p. 524

Also under the Stoner name

  • Sylvia Stonerwidow of D · householder · suite 4p. 590

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BIDWELL

  1. 11702Prentice Mrs Mp. 13
  2. 11704Stoner Missp. 13
  3. 11705Robertson D Kp. 13
  4. 11707O'Donohue P Jp. 13
  5. 11708Clayton M Cp. 13
  6. 11709Pugsley W Dp. 13

Names

  1. Clayton M Colebrook h8, 1170 Bidwellp. 114
  2. O'Donohue Patk J mtrmn BCER h7, 1170 Bidwellp. 468
  3. Prentice Marion wid E h2, 1170 Bidwellp. 502
  4. Pugsley Wm D slsmn W H Malkin h9, 1170 Bidwellp. 505
  5. Robertson Doug K slsmn Standard Oil h5, 1170 Bidwellp. 524
  6. Stoner Sylvia wid D prop Sylvia's Ltd h4, 1170 Bidwellp. 590
The lines for 1170 Bidwell 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 house today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1170 Bidwell Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 1100 block of Bidwell Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1155, with a building from 1968.

The 1100 block in 1940

Bidwell Street between Comox and Davie Streets, West End: 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.

Bidwell 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)

Bidwell Street, block by block

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1170 Bidwell Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1170-bidwell, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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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.