Vancouver / West 8th Avenue / Fairview

Fairview, Vancouver

1795 West 8th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1795 West 8th Avenue is Griffiths Block, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eleven people here: Silas A Broadwood, retired; Sarah Casher, widow of E; and nine others. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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14
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesGriffiths Block and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Silas A Broadwoodretired · householder · suite Hp. 70
  • Sarah Casherwidow of E · householder · suite Gp. 101
  • Mrs Isabel C M Kinghouseholder · suite Cp. 324
  • W John Marshalla shipper at Victoria Tile · householder · suite Bp. 415
  • William Murraya foreman at McGavin · householder · suite Fp. 451
  • Ethel M Sinclairwidow of D · householder · suite Kp. 563
  • Rev Joseph T Smeetonhouseholder · suite Dp. 567
  • Don A Stoddarta salesman at Jersey Farms · householder · suite Ap. 589
  • Chester J Whiteon active service · householder · suite Ep. 654

Also under the Broadwood name

  • Beatrice E Broadwoodlives here · suite Hp. 70
  • Lena Cashera saleswoman at Mitchell-Foley · lives here · suite Gp. 101

Also at this address

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

West 8th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 8TH

  1. 1795Griffiths Block aptsp. 195
  2. 1795AStoddart D Ap. 195
  3. 1795BMarshall W Jp. 195
  4. 1795CKing Mrs I C Mp. 195
  5. 1795DSmeeton Rev J Tp. 195
  6. 1795EWhite C Jp. 195
  7. 1795FMurray Wp. 195
  8. 1795GCasher Mrs Sp. 195
  9. 1795HBroadwood S Ap. 195
  10. 1795KSinclair Mrs E Mp. 195

Names

  1. Broadwood Silas A retired hH, 1795 West 8thp. 70
  2. Casher Sarah wid E hG, 1795 West 8thp. 101
  3. King Mrs Isabel C M hC, 1795 West 8thp. 324
  4. Marshall W John shpr Victoria Tile hB, 1795 West 8thp. 415
  5. Murray Wm formn McGavin hF, 1795 West 8thp. 451
  6. Sinclair Ethel M wid D hK, 1795 West 8thp. 563
  7. Smeeton Rev Jos T hD, 1795 West 8thp. 567
  8. Stoddart Don A slsmn Jersey Farms hA, 1795 West 8thp. 589
  9. White Chester J act serv hE, 1795 West 8thp. 654
  10. Broadwood Beatrice E rH, 1795 West 8thp. 70
  11. Casher Lena slswm Mitchell-Foley rG, 1795 West 8thp. 101
The lines for 1795 West 8th 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 1795 West 8th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 1700 block of West 8th Avenue stands from before 1946: three doors along, 1777 has a building from 1974.

The 1700 block in 1940

West 8th Avenue between Pine and Burrard 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 8th Avenue, the 1700 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 1700 block of West 8th Avenue

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1795 West 8th Avenue, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1795-west-8th-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.