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Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

1552 East Pender Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1552 East Pender Street is Woodland Apartments, with 13 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 18 people here: Edward B Allen, a master mariner; Ernest J Connerly, a driver at Cascade Laundry; and 16 others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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19
people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • 15 linesWoodland Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Edward B Allena master mariner · householder · suite 4p. 9
  • Ernest J Connerlya driver at Cascade Laundry · householder · suite 4ap. 122
  • Wallace A Curleya bookkeeper · householder · suite Bp. 144
  • Mario F Deana foreman at Burns & Co · householder · suite 6p. 154
  • Mrs Annie Duncanhouseholder · suite 7ap. 171
  • Edward Gainesa caretaker at the Woodland Apartments · householder · suite 5p. 214
  • Jack Gibba warehouseman at Restmore · householder · suite 1p. 221
  • Jack Hersoga salesman at Potters · householder · suite 3p. 269
  • Roy Hortona foreman at Woodland Manufacturing · householder · suite 7p. 282
  • Ivo N Medina driver at Glenburn Dairy · householder · suite 9p. 423
  • Robert P Millera logger · householder · suite 1ap. 430
  • Alva M Snidera seaman at Standard Towing · householder · suite 2p. 574
  • Eileen Tongsa saleswoman at Woodward's · lives here · suite 8p. 615
  • Mrs Ethel Tongshouseholder · suite 8p. 615

Also under the Allen name

  • Charles M Allena master mariner · lives here · suite 4p. 9
  • Rae Duncana salesman at Woodward's · lives herep. 172
  • Kay Hortona packer at Woodland Manufacturing · lives here · suite 7p. 282
  • Joan Tongsa waitress at Spencer's · lives here · suite 8p. 615

Also at this address

  • One more personunder another surname, with their 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. 1552Woodland Aptsp. 127
  2. 1552BCurley W Ap. 127
  3. 1552Woodland Aptsp. 128
  4. 15521Gibb Jp. 128
  5. 15521AMiller R Pp. 128
  6. 15522Snider A Mp. 128
  7. 15523Hersog Jp. 128
  8. 15524Allen E Bp. 128
  9. 15524AConnerly E Jp. 128
  10. 15525Gaines Ep. 128
  11. 15526Dean M Fp. 128
  12. 15527Horton Rp. 128
  13. 15527ADuncan Mrs Ap. 128
  14. 15528Tongs Mrs Ep. 128
  15. 15529Medin I Np. 128

Names

  1. Allen Edw B mstr mrnr h4, 1552 East Penderp. 9
  2. Connerly Ernest J drvr Cascade Lndy h4a, 1552 East Penderp. 122
  3. Curley Wallace A bkpr hB, 1552 East Penderp. 144
  4. Dean Mario F formn Burns & Co h6, 1552 East Penderp. 154
  5. Duncan Mrs Annie h7a, 1552 East Penderp. 171
  6. Gaines Edw caretkr Woodland Apts h5, 1552 East Penderp. 214
  7. Gibb Jack whsmn Restmore h1, 1552 East Penderp. 221
  8. Hersog Jack slsmn Potters h3, 1552 East Penderp. 269
  9. Horton Roy formn Woodland Mfg h7, 1552 East Penderp. 282
  10. Medin Ivo N drvr Glenburn Dairy h9, 1552 East Penderp. 423
  11. Miller Robt P logr h1a, 1552 East Penderp. 430
  12. Snider Alva M seamn Standard Towing h2, 1552 East Penderp. 574
  13. Tongs Eileen slswm Woodwards r8, 1552 East Penderp. 615
  14. Tongs Mrs Ethel h8, 1552 East Penderp. 615
  15. Allen Chas M mstr mrnr r4, 1552 East Penderp. 9
  16. Duncan Rae slsmn Woodwards r1552 East Penderp. 172
  17. Horton Kay pkr Woodland Mfg r7, 1552 East Penderp. 282
  18. Tongs Joan waitress Spencers r8, 1552 East Penderp. 615
The lines for 1552 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.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1552 East Pender Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 1500 block of East Pender Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1571, with a building from 1972.

The 1500 block in 1940

East Pender Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1600 block, between McLean and Commercial 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 Pender Street, the 1500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

South side, even numbers

  1. 1552Woodland Apts +14gone

The 1500 block of East Pender Street

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1552 East Pender Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

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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.