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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Edgetts

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at eight addresses

The directories print 15 people named Edgett at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Edgetts at 2949 Hemlock in 1940.

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Where the Edgetts lived

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

    1750 Drummond Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L W Edgett, a sales manager for N Spencer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Benjamin at 1716. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2949 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • C E Edgett, a manager at the Industrial Association of BC 1940
    • George H Edgett, a clerk at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Joy M Edgett, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Bissett at 2935. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2545 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss B Edgett 1940
    • Bernice Edgett, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Belvedere Delctsn at 2543 and W E Turnbull at 2549. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3595 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Robert H Edgett, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Chisholm at 3585. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1011 Richelieu Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs J B Edgett 1940
    • Freda B Edgett, a stenographer at B & K Logging 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Evans at 1089. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3036 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Edgett 1940
    • Marguerite Edgett 1940
    • Vera Edgett, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Moffat at 3016 and A Wasel at 3046. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    252 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Charlotte A Edgett, a telephone operator at Bowell McDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: N H Wheeler at 242 and Miss M M Green at 276. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4586 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H A Edgett, proprietor of Pioneer Fruit Distributor 1940
    • Cleveland G Edgett, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Noble at 4576. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 15: a clerk (2), a bookkeeper, a manager, a proprietor, a sales manager and a stenographer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West Point Grey (2), Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 L W Edgett at 1750 Drummond Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lloyd W Edgett there as the householder, a sales manager for N Spencer. In 1940 the directory lists C E Edgett at 2949 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Edgett there as the householder, a manager at the Industrial Association of BC, with George H Edgett, a clerk at Canadian White Pine, and Joy M Edgett, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss B Edgett at 2545 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Bernice Edgett there as the householder, a bookkeeper. The 1940 name section lists Robert H Edgett at 3595 Point Grey Road, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber.

Mrs J B Edgett is listed at 1011 Richelieu Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jennie B Edgett there as the householder, with Freda B Edgett, a stenographer at B & K Logging. W R Edgett is listed at 3036 West 11th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Wilson R Edgett there as the householder, with Marguerite Edgett, and Vera Edgett, a student.

The 1940 name section lists Charlotte A Edgett at 252 West 21st Avenue, a telephone operator at Bowell McDonald. In 1940 the directory lists H A Edgett at 4586 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry A Edgett there as the householder, proprietor of Pioneer Fruit Distributor, with Cleveland G Edgett, a student.

Today

1750 Drummond Drive, 2545 Main, 3595 Point Grey Road, 1011 Richelieu, 3036 West 11th, 252 West 21st and 4586 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 4586 West 6th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2949 Hemlock, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.