Two of the Pankhurst household are listed at 3810 West 13th Avenue in 1940: Arthur V Pankhurst, a salesman at Kemp & Co; and William A Pankhurst, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 2011
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- Arthur V Pankhursta salesman at Kemp & Co · householderp. 478
Also under the Pankhurst name
- William A Pankhursta clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company · lives herep. 478
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
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
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 3810 now to 2011; directly across the street, 3811 still has one from before 1946, one of eight on the block.
Since 1940
- 2011Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
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 in 1940
West 13th Avenue between Highbury and Wallace Streets, West Point Grey: 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 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)
North side, odd numbers
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3810 West 13th Avenue, West Point Grey, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2011, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/3810-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.