Three of the Dalgleish household are listed at 36 West 12th Avenue in 1940: Robert Dalgleish, a helper at the Vancouver Machinery Depot; Hugh Dalgleish, a messenger; and Victoria Dalgleish, a wrapper at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 4
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Robert Dalgleisha helper at the Vancouver Machinery Depot · householderp. 146
Also under the Dalgleish name
- Hugh Dalgleisha messenger · lives herep. 146
- Victoria Dalgleisha wrapper at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association · lives herep. 146
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
West 12th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST 12TH
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 36 West 12th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 25, on the other side of the street, one of six on the block.
The first block in 1940
West 12th Avenue ending at Manitoba Street, 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.
West 12th Avenue, the first 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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36 West 12th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/36-west-12th-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 36 West 12th Avenue
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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.