Eliza J Chappel, widow of T W, kept the house at 2904 Manitoba Street in 1940, with Olive L Chappel, a stenographer at Canada Perm Trust.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1922
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Eliza J Chappelwidow of T W · householderp. 106
Also under the Chappel name
- Olive L Chappela stenographer at Canada Perm Trust · lives herep. 106
Manitoba Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
MANITOBA
Names
The house today
2904 Manitoba Street still has a building from before 1946, one of four on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1922 as its year built.
The 2900 block in 1940
Manitoba Street between West 13th and West 14th Avenues, Mount Pleasant: 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.
Manitoba Street, the 2900 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)
West side, odd numbers
No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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2904 Manitoba Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1922 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2904-manitoba, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 2904 Manitoba Street
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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.