The 1940 street section prints only a name at 1251 West King Edward Avenue, T Bossy, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists four more people here: Albert Bossy, a superintendent at P Bain Lumber; Audrey L F Bossy, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver; and two others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1912
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- T Bossyp. 96
Also under the Bossy name
- Albert Bossya superintendent at P Bain Lumber · householderp. 57
- Audrey L F Bossya school teacher at the City of Vancouver · lives herep. 57
- Eleanor M Bossya school teacher · lives herep. 57
- Pauline Bossya student · lives herep. 57
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
West King Edward Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST KING EDWARD
Names
The house today
1251 West King Edward Avenue still has a building from before 1946, as does 1250 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.
The 1200 block in 1940
West King Edward Avenue between Selkirk and Hudson Streets, Shaughnessy: 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 King Edward Avenue, the 1200 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
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1251 West King Edward Avenue, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1251-west-king-edward-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1251 West King Edward Avenue
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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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.