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Fairview, Vancouver

934 West Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 934 West Broadway is Broadway Lodge, with ten suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists twelve people here: Eileen D Black, a nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses; Marian C Gill, a nurse; and ten others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: O Norris. Its name section lists three more people here under other surnames too.

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16
people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • eleven linesBroadway Lodge and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Eileen D Blacka nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses · householder · suite 7p. 50
  • Marian C Gilla nurse · householder · suite 2p. 223
  • Harry R Jacksona salesman at A & N Department Store · householder · suite 5p. 298
  • John W Kilpatrickon active service · householder · suite 10p. 323
  • Mrs Margaret Rathbunhouseholder · suite 3p. 511
  • Anne Routledgehouseholder · suite 8p. 534
  • W G Sawyerhouseholder · suite 9p. 545
  • Muriel M Simpsona nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses · householder · suite 6p. 562
  • A Evelyn Simsa nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital · householder · suite 4p. 562

Also under the Rathbun name

  • Gwen Rathbuna nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital · lives here · suite 3p. 511
  • Marion A Sawyera saleswoman at Safeway Stores · lives here · suite 9p. 545
  • J Alvin Simsa packer at the Hudson's Bay Company · lives here · suite 4p. 562

Only in the street section

Also at this address

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

West Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST BROADWAY

  1. 934Broadway Lodgep. 17
  2. 9341Norris Op. 17
  3. 9342Gill Miss M Cp. 17
  4. 9343Rathbun Mrs Mp. 17
  5. 9344Sims Miss A Ep. 17
  6. 9345Jackson H Rp. 17
  7. 9346Simpson Miss M Mp. 17
  8. 9347Black Miss E Dp. 17
  9. 9348Routledge Miss Ap. 17
  10. 9349Sawyer W Gp. 17
  11. 93410Kilpatrick J Wp. 17

Names

  1. Black Eileen D nurse VON h7, 934 West Broadwayp. 50
  2. Gill Marian C nurse h2, 934 West Broadwayp. 223
  3. Jackson Harry R slsmn A & N Dept Store h5, 934 West Broadwayp. 298
  4. Kilpatrick John W act serv h10, 934 West Broadwayp. 323
  5. Rathbun Mrs Margt h3, 934 West Broadwayp. 511
  6. Routledge Anne h8, 934 West Broadwayp. 534
  7. Sawyer W G h9, 934 West Broadwayp. 545
  8. Simpson Muriel M nurse VON h6, 934 West Broadwayp. 562
  9. Sims A Evelyn nurse Van Genl Hosp h4, 934 West Broadwayp. 562
  10. Rathbun Gwen nurse Van Genl Hosp r3, 934 West Broadwayp. 511
  11. Sawyer Marion A slswm Safeway Stores r9, 934 West Broadwayp. 545
  12. Sims J Alvin pkr HBC r4, 934 West Broadwayp. 562
The lines for 934 West Broadway 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 City's list of addresses no longer has 934 West Broadway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); two doors along, 916 still has one from before 1946, the only one on the block.

The 900 block in 1940

West Broadway, on the stretch it shares with the 1000 block, between Laurel and Spruce Streets, Fairview: 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 Broadway, the 900 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 900 block of West Broadway

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934 West Broadway, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

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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.