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The Ashworths

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at nine addresses

The directories print eleven people named Ashworth at nine addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Ashworths lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5151 Ann Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs V E Ashworth, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Sinclair at 5141. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    265 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T Ashworth, of Fraser Wet Wash Laundry 1940
    • Dorothy Ashworth, a clerk at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Sutherland at 255 and C W Johnson at 275. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1713 East 49th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • A L Ashworth, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lawson at 1717. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1336 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W S Ashworth, a laborer at the Great Northern Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Moffat at 1312 and N Bezpilko at 1350. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1772 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Archibald W R Ashworth, a meter cleaner at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Blais at 1770 and J B P Dent at 1774. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1200 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • L Ashworth 1940
  7. 7

    3763 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Annie Ashworth, proprietor of Nan Ashworth Gown & Sports Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A R Campbell at 3761 and Gifts Thaemor at 3777. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3555 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs L H Ashworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Aslatt at 3543 and C L Biles at 3559. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3435 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Ashworth, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Irene E Ashworth, a saleswoman at Nan Ashworth Gown & Sports Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T S Cain at 3425 and Mrs M H Smith at 3455. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a clerk, a laborer, a meter cleaner, a miner, a proprietor and a salesman, among others. Two of them worked for Nan Ashworth Gown & Sports Salon. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Grandview-Woodland, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park, Strathcona, Victoria-Fraserview, West End and West Point Grey. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs V E Ashworth at 5151 Ann Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Virginia E Ashworth there as the householder, widow of E. In 1940 the directory lists T Ashworth at 265 East 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Ashworth there as the householder, of Fraser Wet Wash Laundry, with Dorothy Ashworth, a clerk at M-W Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists A L Ashworth at 1713 East 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Ashworth there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists W S Ashworth at 1336 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William S Ashworth there as the householder, a laborer at the Great Northern Railway, with William S Ashworth Jr.

The 1940 name section lists Archibald W R Ashworth at 1772 Nelson Street, a meter cleaner at the BC Electric Railway. L Ashworth is listed at 1200 Vernon Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Annie Ashworth at 3763 West 10th Avenue, proprietor of Nan Ashworth Gown & Sports Salon.

Mrs L H Ashworth is listed at 3555 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian H Ashworth there as the householder. J Ashworth is listed at 3435 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Ashworth there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Irene E Ashworth, a saleswoman at Nan Ashworth Gown & Sports Salon.

Today

5151 Ann, 265 East 20th, 3555 West 18th and 3435 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1713 East 49th, 1336 East 8th, 1772 Nelson, 1200 Vernon Drive and 3763 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.