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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Edwardses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Edwards at three addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Edwardses at 1595 West Broadway 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

    1533 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Edwards, a manager at Edwards & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Holt's Dairy Lunch at 1523 and Sta D Postal at 1535. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1595 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs L Edwards, widow of J 1940
    • Harry Edwards, a laborer at Canadian John Wood 1940
    • Robert Edwards, a carpenter 1940
    • Thomas Edwards, a messenger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Graves at 1541. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2398 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Edwards, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Pendreigh at 2394. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a laborer, a manager and a messenger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 T Edwards at 1533 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Edwards there as the householder, a manager at Edwards & Co. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Edwards at 1595 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Lily Edwards there as the householder, widow of J, with Harry Edwards, a laborer at Canadian John Wood, Robert Edwards, a carpenter, and Thomas Edwards, a messenger.

In 1940 the directory lists W Edwards at 2398 West Broadway; 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 William Edwards there as the householder, retired, with William Edwards, retired.

Today

1595 West Broadway (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1533 West Broadway and 2398 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.