Vancouver / West 15th Avenue / Fairview

Fairview, Vancouver

1375 West 15th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1375 West 15th Avenue is St George's Apartments, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 14 people here: Louis A Bowes, an insurance agent; Harriet M Cahill, a school teacher; and twelve others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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16
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesSt George's Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Louis A Bowesan insurance agent · householder · suite 9p. 59
  • Harriet M Cahilla school teacher · householder · suite 7p. 86
  • Albert R Defieuxa purchasing agent at Dominion Bridge · householder · suite 3p. 155
  • Freda M Emerywidow of O E · householder · suite 1p. 183
  • Helen M Granta clerk at American Consulate General · householder · suite 2p. 235
  • John F Legera janitor at the St Georges Apartments · householder · suite 10p. 344
  • Angus Stewarta foreman at Hamilton Bridge · householder · suite 6p. 586
  • Hugh Sweeneya clerk at the National Harbours Board · householder · suite 5p. 598
  • Arthur T Willoughbya general foreman at the CPR · householder · suite 8p. 664

Also under the Bowes name

  • Clarence Bowesa presser at the Jantzen Knit Mills · lives here · suite 9p. 59
  • Wilda L Bowesa saleswoman at Woodward's · lives here · suite 9p. 59
  • Blanche H Defieuxa stenographer · lives here · suite 3p. 155
  • Mary B Sweeneya secretary at the Medical Clinic · lives here · suite 5p. 598
  • Arthur W Willoughbya secretary at R H Williams Co · lives here · suite 8p. 664

Also at this address

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

West 15th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 15TH

  1. 1375St George's Aptsp. 219
  2. 13751Emery Mrs F Mp. 219
  3. 13752Grant Miss H Mp. 219
  4. 13753Defieux A Rp. 219
  5. 13755Sweeney Hp. 219
  6. 13756Stewart Ap. 219
  7. 13757Cahill Miss H Mp. 219
  8. 13758Willoughby A Tp. 219
  9. 13759Bowes L Ap. 219
  10. 137510Leger J Fp. 219

Names

  1. Bowes Louis A ins agt 301, 509 Richards h9, 1375 West 15thp. 59
  2. Cahill Harriet M sch tchr Van City h7, 1375 West 15thp. 86
  3. Defieux Albt R purch agt Dom Bridge h3, 1375 West 15thp. 155
  4. Emery Freda M wid O E h1, 1375 West 15thp. 183
  5. Grant Helen M clk Am Consulate Genl h2, 1375 West 15thp. 235
  6. Leger John F jntr St Georges Apts h10, 1375 West 15thp. 344
  7. Stewart Angus formn Hamilton Bridge h6, 1375 West 15thp. 586
  8. Sweeney Hugh clk NHB h5, 1375 West 15thp. 598
  9. Willoughby Arth T genl formn CPR h8, 1375 West 15thp. 664
  10. Bowes Clarence prsr Jantzen Knit Mills r9, 1375 West 15thp. 59
  11. Bowes Wilda L slswm Woodwards r9, 1375 West 15thp. 59
  12. Defieux Blanche H sten r3, 1375 West 15thp. 155
  13. Sweeney Mary B sec Medical Clinic r5, 1375 West 15thp. 598
  14. Willoughby Arth W sec R H Williams Co r8, 1375 West 15thp. 664
The lines for 1375 West 15th Avenue 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 1375 West 15th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 1379 still has its building from before 1946, one of four on the block.

The 1300 block in 1940

West 15th Avenue between Birch and Hemlock Streets, Fairview: 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 15th Avenue, the 1300 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 1300 block of West 15th Avenue

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1375 West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1375-west-15th-avenue, 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.