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The Floods

In the city directories 1940 · 19 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 19 people named Flood at eleven addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Floods at 285 West 19th in 1940.

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Where the Floods 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

    1110 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Myrtle A Flood, widow of W E 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Graham at 1114. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    896 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C H Flood, an engineer 1940
    • Cath F Flood, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
  3. 3

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A Flood 1940
    • Flood (no first name printed) 1940
    • Patricia H Flood, a waitress at McDonald's Fine Chocolates 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1241 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L W Flood, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: B F Dimery at 1209 and “Cabins” at 1247. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1153 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hubert S Flood, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Pearce at 1147 and B C Moore at 1157. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    306 Jackson Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • B Flood 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Tsuda at 316. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    712 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Flood 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fukuhara at 714. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    6598 Ross Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • G R Flood, a plant foreman at Vibra-Lite 1940
    • Marguerite R Flood, a stenographer for A H Rathie 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Higginbottom at 6584. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    285 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E Flood, widow of J 1940
    • Francis Flood, who worked for Morrison Steel 1940
    • Michael Flood 1940
    • Nora M Flood, a nurse at the St Marys Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Tannar at 275 and Miss F L Allen at 295. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2722 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J Flood, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Keefer at 2720 and C G McLennan at 2744. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    4610 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J J Flood, a pilot at the Canadian Government 1940
    • Roy O Flood, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Brown at 4606 and Mrs E E Taylor at 4618. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 19: a clerk, an engineer, a laborer, a nurse, a pilot and a plant foreman, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Sunset (2), West End (2), Arbutus Ridge, Riley Park, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 Myrtle A Flood at 1110 Comox Street, widow of W E. C H Flood is listed at 896 East 45th 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 Charles H Flood there as the householder, an engineer, with Cath F Flood, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal.

Mrs A Flood is listed at 1915 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Alice Flood there as the householder, with Flood (no first name printed), and Patricia H Flood, a waitress at McDonald's Fine Chocolates. L W Flood is listed at 1241 Homer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louis W Flood there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Hubert S Flood at 1153 Hornby Street, a postman. The 1940 name section lists B Flood at 306 Jackson Avenue. The 1940 name section lists J Flood at 712 Richards Street.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Flood at 6598 Ross Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R Flood there as the householder, a plant foreman at Vibra-Lite, with Marguerite R Flood, a stenographer for A H Rathie. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Flood at 285 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Flood there as the householder, widow of J, with Francis Flood, who worked for Morrison Steel, Michael Flood, and Nora M Flood, a nurse at the St Marys Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists J Flood at 2722 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Flood there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J J Flood at 4610 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John J Flood there as the householder, a pilot at the Canadian Government, with Roy O Flood, a student.

Today

1915 Haro and 285 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1110 Comox (2002), 1241 Homer (2008), 306 Jackson (1976), 6598 Ross (2010), 2722 West 34th (1990) and 4610 West 6th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 896 East 45th and 1153 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 712 Richards, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 26 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

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.