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Strathcona, Vancouver

880 East Georgia Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists nine suites and households at 880 East Georgia Street. Its name section lists eleven people here: Frank E A Bremner, a salesman; Orlando H Brown, a caretaker; and nine others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: A Kizium. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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15
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing
on the Heritage Register, category B
1905
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesThe suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Frank E A Bremnera salesman · householder · suite 8p. 64
  • Orlando H Browna caretaker · householder · suite 7p. 74
  • Roy Fonga salesman · householder · suite 4p. 202
  • Vsevolod Gladisheffhouseholder · suite 3p. 225
  • Emile Menardan orderly at the St Joseph's Oriental Hospital · householder · suite 6p. 425
  • Lloyd G Robinsonan evangelist · householder · suite 3bp. 527
  • Anton Schmidta baker at Montreal Bakery · householder · suite 1p. 546

Also under the Ito name

  • Ito (no first name printed)householder · suite 9p. 297
  • Dolfuss Menarda millworker at Sterling Lumber · lives here · suite 6p. 425
  • Robert Menardlives here · suite 6p. 425
  • Walter W Robinsona laborer · lives here · suite 3bp. 527

Only in the street section

Also at this address

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

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST GEORGIA

  1. 8801Schmidt Ap. 55
  2. 8802Kizium Ap. 55
  3. 8803Gladisheff Vp. 55
  4. 8803BRobinson L Gp. 55
  5. 8804Fong Rp. 55
  6. 8806Menard Ep. 55
  7. 8807*Brown O Hp. 55
  8. 8808Bremner F E Ap. 55
  9. 8809Ito Mrs —p. 55

Names

  1. Bremner Frank E A slsmn h8, 880 East Georgiap. 64
  2. Brown Orlando H caretkr h7, 880 East Georgiap. 74
  3. Fong Roy slsmn h4, 880 East Georgiap. 202
  4. Gladisheff Vsevolod h3, 880 East Georgiap. 225
  5. Menard Emile orderly St Joseph's Oriental Hosp h6, 880 East Georgiap. 425
  6. Robinson Lloyd G evangelist h3b, 880 East Georgiap. 527
  7. Schmidt Anton baker Montreal Bky h1, 880 East Georgiap. 546
  8. Ito Mrs — h9, 880 East Georgiap. 297
  9. Menard Dolfuss mlwkr Sterling Lbr r6, 880 East Georgiap. 425
  10. Menard Robt r6, 880 East Georgiap. 425
  11. Robinson Walter W lab r3b, 880 East Georgiap. 527
The lines for 880 East Georgia 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 house today

880 East Georgia Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), as does 879 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1905 as its year built.

The 800 block in 1940

East Georgia Street between Hawks and Campbell Avenues, Strathcona: 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.

East Georgia Street, the 800 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)

The 800 block of East Georgia Street

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880 East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1905 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/880-east-georgia, 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.