J Weir and Mrs T Morita are listed at 1865 Powell Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives both in full: James Weir, proprietor of Cedar Cove Hardware; and Toshiko Morita, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. Its name section also lists three more people here: Chiyeko Morita; Iwao Morita, a laborer; and Kaowa Morita. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
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- 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 street section
The household
- Toshiko Moritaa millworker at Sterling Lumber · lives herep. 441
- James Weirproprietor of Cedar Cove Hardware · householderp. 648
Also under the Morita name
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Powell Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
POWELL
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1865 Powell Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 1867 still has its building from before 1946, one of four on the block.
The 1800 block in 1940
Powell Street, 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.
Powell Street, the 1800 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)
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1865 Powell Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1865-powell, 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.