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Strathcona, Vancouver

1245 East Pender Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1245 East Pender Street is Edwood Apartments, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Ron J Bryant, on active service; Edward Edmunds, a laborer; and ten others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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15
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1913
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • eleven linesEdwood Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Ron J Bryanton active service · householder · suite 5p. 77
  • Edward Edmundsa laborer · householder · suite 2p. 178
  • Edward Edmunds Jrlives here · suite 2p. 178
  • Ellen Ericksona widow · householder · suite 8p. 185
  • John J Falconerretired · householder · suite 7p. 190
  • John P Haubricha janitor · householder · suite 9p. 261
  • Grant Lenfestya meat cutter at St Clair Meat Market · householder · suite 6p. 345
  • John D McColmana carpenter · householder · suite 10p. 366
  • Alex Nisbeta fisherman · householder · suite 3p. 461
  • Harold J Rosenfeldta longshoreman · householder · suite 1p. 532
  • James Woodproprietor of the Edwood Apartments · householder · suite 4p. 672

Also under the Erickson name

  • Sadie Ericksonan operator at Gault Bros · lives here · suite 8p. 186

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST PENDER

  1. 1245Edwood Aptsp. 127
  2. 12451Rosenfeldt H Jp. 127
  3. 12452Edmunds Ep. 127
  4. 12453Nisbet Ap. 127
  5. 12454*Wood Jp. 127
  6. 12455Bryant R Jp. 127
  7. 12456Lenfesty Gp. 127
  8. 12457Falconer J Jp. 127
  9. 12458Erickson Mrs Ep. 127
  10. 12459Haubrich J Pp. 127
  11. 124510McColman J Dp. 127

Names

  1. Bryant Ron J act serv h5, 1245 East Penderp. 77
  2. Edmunds Edw lab h2, 1245 East Penderp. 178
  3. Edmunds Edw Jr r2, 1245 East Penderp. 178
  4. Erickson Ellen wid — folder Gault Bros h8, 1245 East Penderp. 185
  5. Falconer John J retired h7, 1245 East Penderp. 190
  6. Haubrich John P jntr BCE Power & Gas h9, 1245 East Penderp. 261
  7. Lenfesty Grant meat ctr St Clair Meat Mkt h6, 1245 East Penderp. 345
  8. McColman John D carp h10, 1245 East Penderp. 366
  9. Nisbet Alex fshrmn h3, 1245 East Penderp. 461
  10. Rosenfeldt Harold J lngshmn h1, 1245 East Penderp. 532
  11. Wood Jas prop Edwood Apts h4, 1245 East Penderp. 672
  12. Erickson Sadie opr Gault Bros r8, 1245 East Penderp. 186
The lines for 1245 East 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The building today

1245 East Pender Street still has a building from before 1946, the only one left on the 1200 block of East Pender Street; the City's assessment record gives 1913 as its year built.

The 1200 block in 1940

East Pender Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1100 block, between Glen and Clark Drives, Strathcona: 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.

East Pender Street, the 1200 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 1200 block of East Pender Street

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1245 East Pender Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1245-east-pender, 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.