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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Edwardses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Edwards at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Edwardses at 3276 West 11th 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

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

    1035 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ellen D Edwards, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Witmer at 1025 and gilbrae apts at 1045. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3276 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Edwards 1940
    • Edith M Edwards, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • Harold T Edwards, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Inez I Edwards 1940
    • Jean P Edwards, a cashier 1940
    • Ken C Edwards, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Ward at 3266 and D Ross at 3286. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3636 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E J Edwards, of Edwards Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Miller at 3634 and J Mercer at 3642. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a saleswoman (2), a carpenter, a cashier and a packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 Ellen D Edwards at 1035 West 11th Avenue, a saleswoman at Woodward's. Mrs C Edwards is listed at 3276 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Clara Edwards there as the householder, with Edith M Edwards, a saleswoman at Spencer's, Harold T Edwards, a packer at the Hudson's Bay Company, Inez I Edwards, Jean P Edwards, a cashier, and Ken C Edwards, a carpenter.

E J Edwards is listed at 3636 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest J Edwards there as the householder, of Edwards Meat Market.

Today

3276 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1035 West 11th (1982) and 3636 West 11th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.