A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Edwardses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Edwards at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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.
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
- 1
626 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- G F Edwards, in real estate 1940
Next door in 1940: richards akroyd & gall at 614 and bk of montreal chambers at 640. The block, door by door
- 2
1115 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Gertrude Edwards, a seamstress at Peerless Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: L A Hickson at 1113 and G A Southgate at 1117. The block, door by door
- 3
1140 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Amy B Edwards, a supervisor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a seamstress and a supervisor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 G F Edwards, in real estate, at 626 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Gertrude Edwards at 1115 West Pender Street, a seamstress at Peerless Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Amy B Edwards at 1140 West Pender Street, a supervisor at the BC Government.
Today
626 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1140 West Pender (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1115 West Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Edwards G F real est626 West Pender, p. 130
- Edwards Mrs Gertrude smstrs Peerless Lndy1115 West Pender, p. 178
- Edwards Amy B supvr BC Govt1140 West Pender, p. 178
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.