306 Vernon Drive

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 306 Vernon Drive is Hastings Apartments, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Guido Bridarolli, a gardener; Harold E Brummitt, a millworker at Sterling Lumber; and ten others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.

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13: 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

nine linesHastings Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

Guido Bridarollia gardener · householder · suite 16p. 65
Harold E Brummitta millworker at Sterling Lumber · householder · suite 14p. 76
Mrs Emily G Hosfordhouseholder · suite 11p. 282
George E Hoya gas shovel operator · householder · suite 10p. 286
Edwin Kirkhama janitor · householder · suite 12p. 326
Jacque L Miklasha waiter at the CNR · householder · suite 9p. 428
Margaret Obenwidow of J · householder · suite 17p. 466
James Townleya salesman · householder · suite 15p. 617

Also under the Brummitt name

Cyril Brummitta shoe repairer for K Parsons · householder · suite 14p. 76
Charles H Hosforda student · lives here · suite 11p. 282
John Obena baker at Ross Home Bakery · lives here · suite 17p. 466
Ralph R Obena baker · lives here · suite 17p. 466

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

Vernon Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

VERNON DRIVE

Names

The lines for 306 Vernon Drive 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

Not one of the seven addresses the 1940 directory lists on the 300 block of Vernon Drive is on the City's list today, so the building at 306 is probably gone (inferred).

The 300 block in 1940

Vernon Drive, Strathcona: 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.

Vernon Drive, the 300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

The 300 block of Vernon Drive

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306 Vernon Drive, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/306-vernon-drive, 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.