The Houston family, which the 1940 directory marks as owning 1522 East 1st Avenue, has three people listed here: Robert Houston, an acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver; Mrs Olga F Houston, a laundress at Peerless Laundry; and Olive M Houston, an operator at Gault Bros; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 4
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Robert Houstonan acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver · householderp. 284
Also under the Houston name
- Mrs Olga F Houstona laundress at Peerless Laundry · lives herep. 284
- Olive M Houstonan operator at Gault Bros · lives herep. 284
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
East 1st Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST 1ST
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1522 East 1st Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); three doors along, 1542 still has one from before 1946, one of three on the block.
The 1500 block in 1940
East 1st Avenue between Woodland and Cotton Drives, Grandview-Woodland: 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 1st Avenue, the 1500 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)
North side, odd numbers
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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1522 East 1st Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1522-east-1st-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1522 East 1st 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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.