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A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise

The Edwardses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Edwards at three addresses in 1940, all on East 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 100 other streets too, all listed on the Edwards name's own page.

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Where the Edwardses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    143 East 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Maude M Edwards, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F I Smith at 133 and Marquis Apts at 157. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1643 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Edwards 1940
    • Mrs Helen Edwards, proprietor of Edwards Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Gray at 1637 and A Davidson at 1649. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3326 East 3rd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E G Edwards, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Schick at 3320 and T L Somerville at 3332. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an on active service and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Maude M Edwards at 143 East 3rd Avenue, widow of E. R Edwards is listed at 1643 East 3rd 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 Reginald Edwards there as the householder, with Mrs Helen Edwards, proprietor of Edwards Manufacturing.

E G Edwards is listed at 3326 East 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Eric G Edwards there as the householder, on active service.

Today

143 East 3rd (1959), 1643 East 3rd (1981) and 3326 East 3rd (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Edwardses

Every directory, as one book

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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.