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West End, Vancouver

735 Bidwell Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 735 Bidwell Street is Derwent Court, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Albert O Boyd, a boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber; Mrs Alma M Cook, a dipper at Welch's; and ten others. It lists five more people here under other surnames too.

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17
people the 1940 directory lists here, five of them named in the book
Standing; age not recorded
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesDerwent Court and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Albert O Boyda boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber · householder · suite 1p. 60
  • Mrs Alma M Cooka dipper at Welch's · householder · suite 2p. 124
  • Harry F Heisea secretary to assistant general manager at the CPR · householder · suite 8p. 265
  • Horace H Howarda steward · householder · suite 3p. 284
  • Mabel T Jacobsonwho worked for the St Pauls Hospital · householder · suite 4p. 299
  • R Ken Phillipsan accountant · householder · suite 6p. 493
  • Robert M T Purdiea mechanic at Otis-Fenson Elevator · householder · suite 9p. 506
  • Wilfred L Russella president at Uneeda Towel · householder · suite 7p. 538
  • Mrs Sylvia H Sibbetta saleswoman at Welch's · householder · suite 5p. 559

Also under the Boyd name

  • Doug M Boyda longshoreman · lives here · suite 1p. 60
  • Mrs Ida L Boyda manager at Derwent Court · lives here · suite 1p. 60
  • Sadley C-W Howarda student · lives here · suite 3p. 285

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BIDWELL

  1. 735Derwent Court aptsp. 12
  2. 7351Boyd A Op. 12
  3. 7352Cook Mrs A Mp. 12
  4. 7353Howard H Hp. 12
  5. 7354Jacobson Miss M Tp. 12
  6. 7355Sibbett Mrs S Hp. 12
  7. 7356Phillips R Kp. 12
  8. 7357Russell W Lp. 12
  9. 7358Heise H Fp. 12
  10. 7359Purdie R M Tp. 12

Names

  1. Boyd Albt O boomn Sitka Spruce Lbr h1, 735 Bidwellp. 60
  2. Cook Mrs Alma M dipper Welch's h2, 735 Bidwellp. 124
  3. Heise Harry F sec to asst genl mgr CPR h8, 735 Bidwellp. 265
  4. Howard Horace H steward h3, 735 Bidwellp. 284
  5. Jacobson Mabel T X-ray techn St Pauls Hosp h4, 735 Bidwellp. 299
  6. Phillips R Ken acct h6, 735 Bidwellp. 493
  7. Purdie Robt M T mech Otis-Fenson Elev h9, 735 Bidwellp. 506
  8. Russell Wilfd L pres Uneeda Towel h7, 735 Bidwellp. 538
  9. Sibbett Mrs Sylvia H slswm Welch's h5, 735 Bidwellp. 559
  10. Boyd Doug M lngshmn r1, 735 Bidwellp. 60
  11. Boyd Mrs Ida L mgr Derwent Ct r1, 735 Bidwellp. 60
  12. Howard Sadley C-W studt r3, 735 Bidwellp. 285
The lines for 735 Bidwell 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.

The building today

The address is on the City's list, but its record gives no year built. A permit to build miscellaneous was taken out in October 1925 by R A Moscrop: builder McTavish & Black, $17,500.

The 700 block of Bidwell Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 735 marked
The 700 block of Bidwell Street, between Alberni and Robson Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 735, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws three buildings on the lot at 735; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 700 block in 1940

Bidwell Street between Alberni and Robson Streets, West End: 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.

Bidwell Street, the 700 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)

Bidwell Street, block by block

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735 Bidwell Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory.

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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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.