Vancouver / West 12th Avenue / Fairview

Fairview, Vancouver

1536 West 12th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1536 West 12th Avenue is Redlands Apartments, with eleven suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Ernest V Ablett; J Edward Buerk, a salesman for Champion White; and ten others. It lists five more people here under other surnames too.

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17
people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1928
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • twelve linesRedlands Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Ernest V Abletthouseholder · suite 2p. 2
  • J Edward Buerka salesman for Champion White · householder · suite 3p. 78
  • Bert Carlsona decorator · householder · suite 14p. 97
  • Doris B Dicksona nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital · householder · suite 1p. 159
  • Bessie Greenwooda catalogue librarian at the Vancouver Public Library · householder · suite 9p. 240
  • Isaac A Kayan insurance agent · householder · suite 5p. 315
  • Louis Le Fohnproprietor of Progressive Manufacturing · householder · suite 10p. 343
  • W Norman McDougalla superintendent at Canadian Canners · householder · suite 12p. 374
  • Mary E McLennana nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses · householder · suite 7p. 392
  • Emma Rogerswidow of H G · householder · suite 6p. 529
  • Campbell G Thompsona manager at Brewers & Bottlers Supplies · householder · suite 11p. 608

Also under the McDougall name

  • S Jean McDougalla clerk at Canadian Canners · lives here · suite 12p. 374

Also at this address

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

West 12th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 12TH

  1. 1536Redlands Aptsp. 208
  2. 15361Dickson Miss D Bp. 208
  3. 15362Ablett E Vp. 208
  4. 15363Buerk J Ep. 208
  5. 15365Kay I Ap. 208
  6. 15366Rogers Mrs Ep. 208
  7. 15367McLennan Miss M Ep. 208
  8. 15369Greenwood Miss Bp. 208
  9. 153610Le Fohn Lp. 208
  10. 153611Thompson C Gp. 208
  11. 153612McDougall W Np. 208
  12. 153614Carlson Bp. 208

Names

  1. Ablett Ernest V rate examr h2, 1536 West 12thp. 2
  2. Buerk J Edw slsmn Champion White h3, 1536 West 12thp. 78
  3. Carlson Bert decrtr h14, 1536 West 12thp. 97
  4. Dickson Doris B nurse Van Genl Hosp h1, 1536 West 12thp. 159
  5. Greenwood Bessie catalogue librarian Van Pub Library h9, 1536 West 12thp. 240
  6. Kay Isaac A ins agt 617, 470 Granville h5, 1536 West 12thp. 315
  7. Le Fohn Louis prop Progressive Mfg h10, 1536 West 12thp. 343
  8. McDougall W Norman supt Can Canners h12, 1536 West 12thp. 374
  9. McLennan Mary E nurse VON h7, 1536 West 12thp. 392
  10. Rogers Emma wid H G h6, 1536 West 12thp. 529
  11. Thompson Campbell G mgr Brewers & Bottlers Supp h11, 1536 West 12thp. 608
  12. McDougall S Jean clk Can Canners r12, 1536 West 12thp. 374
The lines for 1536 West 12th 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

1536 West 12th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, as does 1546 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1928 as its year built.

The 1500 block in 1940

West 12th Avenue between Granville and Fir 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 12th 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)

The 1500 block of West 12th Avenue

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1536 West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1928 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1536-west-12th-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.