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Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver

4293 Welwyn Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 4293 Welwyn Street is Pacific Terrace, an apartment building, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Warren W Bradley; Frederick J Brooker, a chef; and eight others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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12
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 1999
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesPacific Terrace and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Warren W Bradleyhouseholder · suite 2p. 62
  • Frederick J Brookera chef · householder · suite 10p. 70
  • Charles C Downeya driver at Kway Cleaners · householder · suite 9p. 167
  • George E Goldsmitha miner · householder · suite 3p. 228
  • Peter Hamerhouseholder · suite 5p. 250
  • William J Lyona laborer at Canadian White Pine · householder · suite 6p. 360
  • William Wallacea salesman at Spencer's · householder · suite 1p. 639
  • Arthur Watsonan upholsterer at Small & Boyes · householder · suite 4p. 644

Also under the Brooker name

  • Ray Brookera clerk at BC Packers · lives here · suite 10p. 70
  • Jack T Hamera helper for Sigurdson Millwork · lives here · suite 5p. 250

Also at this address

  • Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

Welwyn Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WELWYN

  1. 4293*Pacific Terrace aptsp. 166
  2. 42931Wallace Wp. 166
  3. 42932Bradley W Wp. 166
  4. 42933Goldsmith G Ep. 166
  5. 42934Watson Ap. 166
  6. 42935Hamer Pp. 166
  7. 42936Lyon W Jp. 166
  8. 42939Downey C Cp. 166
  9. 429310Brooker F Jp. 166

Names

  1. Bradley Warren W h2, 4293 Welwynp. 62
  2. Brooker Fredk J chef h10, 4293 Welwynp. 70
  3. Downey Chas C drvr Kway Clnrs h9, 4293 Welwynp. 167
  4. Goldsmith Geo E miner h3, 4293 Welwynp. 228
  5. Hamer Peter h5, 4293 Welwynp. 250
  6. Lyon Wm J lab Can White Pine h6, 4293 Welwynp. 360
  7. Wallace Wm slsmn Spencer's h1, 4293 Welwynp. 639
  8. Watson Arth uphol Small & Boyes h4, 4293 Welwynp. 644
  9. Brooker Ray clk BC Pkrs r10, 4293 Welwynp. 70
  10. Hamer Jack T hlpr Sigurdson Millwork r5, 4293 Welwynp. 250
The lines for 4293 Welwyn Street 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The building today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 4293 now to 1999; directly across the street, 4292 still has one from before 1946, one of two on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 1999Today'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 4200 block in 1940

Welwyn Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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.

Welwyn Street, the 4200 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

  1. 4293*Pacific Terrace +8rebuilt

Welwyn Street, block by block

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4293 Welwyn Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1999, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4293-welwyn, 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.