Vancouver / Names / E / Edwards / West 5th Avenue

A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Edwardses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Edwards at five addresses in 1940, all on West 5th 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: three Edwardses at 3556 West 5th in 1940. The directories print the name on 100 other streets too, all listed on the Edwards name's own page.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

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

    1402 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Edwards 1940

    Next door in 1940: D D Buchanan at 1416. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2163 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Edwards 1940
    • M Betty Edwards 1940

    Next door in 1940: W K Labron at 2157 and A J Hicks at 2171. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2200 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S Edwards, proprietor of Edwards Block and of Edwards Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Robbins at 2216. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2723 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G L Edwards, a secretary treasurer at Art Engraving 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Callow at 2715 and E F McCarthy at 2729. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3556 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss G A Edwards 1940
    • Gertrude A Edwards 1940
    • Evelyn M Edwards, a school nurse at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H N Brunt at 3540 and T A Miller at 3562. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a proprietor, a school nurse and a secretary treasurer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) 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 Mrs E Edwards at 1402 West 5th Avenue. Mrs M Edwards is listed at 2163 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mona Edwards there as the householder, with M Betty Edwards.

S Edwards is listed at 2200 West 5th 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 Sam Edwards there as the householder, proprietor of Edwards Block and of Edwards Meat Market. G L Edwards is listed at 2723 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gordon L Edwards there as the householder, a secretary treasurer at Art Engraving.

Miss G A Edwards is listed at 3556 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude A Edwards there as the householder, with Evelyn M Edwards, a school nurse at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2200 West 5th, 2723 West 5th and 3556 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1402 West 5th and 2163 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.