A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Edwardses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Edwards at two addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Edwardses at 2916 East Pender in 1940. 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
- 1
2829 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Edwards, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Brown at 2823 and E Palm at 2835. The block, door by door
- 2
2916 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H J Edwards 1940
- Ethel M Edwards 1940
- Nina M Edwards, an accountant at the B-K Mill 1940
Next door in 1940: A Bowden at 2930. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a freight hand.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 A Edwards at 2829 East Pender 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 Alfred Edwards there as the householder, a freight hand at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists H J Edwards at 2916 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists H James Edwards there as the householder, with Ethel M Edwards, and Nina M Edwards, an accountant at the B-K Mill.
Today
2829 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2916 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Edwards A2829 East Pender, p. 128
- Edwards Alfd frt hd CPR2829 East Pender, p. 178
- *Edwards H J2916 East Pender, p. 128
- Edwards Ethel M2916 East Pender, p. 178
- Edwards H Jas2916 East Pender, p. 178
- Edwards Nina M acct B-K Mill2916 East Pender, p. 179
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Edwardses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Edwards name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.