The BC Electric Railway employed Bernard de M Mertens as an electrician supervisor, who headed the household at 1915 West 13th Avenue in 1940.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
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- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category C
In 1940
The household
- Bernard de M Mertensan electrician supervisor at the BC Electric Railway · householderp. 426
West 13th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST 13TH
Names
The house today
1915 West 13th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category C), as does 1916 across the street.
The 1900 block in 1940
West 13th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 2000 block, between Cypress and Arbutus Streets, Kitsilano: 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 13th Avenue, the 1900 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
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1915 West 13th Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there, on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1915-west-13th-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.