Shaughnessy, Vancouver

3802 Angus Drive

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists two suites and households at 3802 Angus Drive: G H Kerr. Its name section gives the household in full: George H Kerr, a chauffeur. Its name section also lists one more person here: Irene S Kerr, of Irene's Dressmaking Studio.

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2
people the 1940 directory lists here
Standing; age not recorded
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • George H Kerra chauffeurp. 321

Also under the Kerr name

  • Irene S Kerrof Irene's Dressmaking Studiop. 321

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

The lines for 3802 Angus 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 house today

The address is on the City's list, but its record gives no year built.

Since 1940

  1. 2017A building permit for alterations, valued at $180,000 (BP-2017-03381).
  2. 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $800,000 (BP-2018-01642).
  3. 2024A building permit for alterations, valued at $100,000 (DB-2024-00953).

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 3800 block of Angus Drive on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 3802 marked
The 3800 block of Angus Drive, on the stretch it shares with the 3900 block, between Matthews and West King Edward Avenues, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 3802, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 3800 block in 1940

Angus Drive, on the stretch it shares with the 3900 block, between Matthews and West King Edward Avenues, Shaughnessy: 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.

Angus Drive, the 3800 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)

East side, even numbers

  1. 3802vacant +1stands

The 3800 block of Angus Drive

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3802 Angus Drive, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3802-angus-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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.