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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Greens

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Green at six addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue, with the close spelling Gren. 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 Greens at 2030 West 8th in 1940. The directories print the name on 110 other streets too, all listed on the Green name's own page.

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Where the Greens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1529 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Green, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Doxey at 1525 and F Lawrence at 1537. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1887 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Robert Green, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Cliffe at 1885. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2030 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C G Green, retired 1940
    • Charles W Green, a salesman 1940
    • Victor H Green 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Jones at 2024 and W H McLean at 2036. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2052 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H S Green 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Inglis at 2048 and Mrs M Johanson at 2058. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2821 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W H Green, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Sibson at 2811 and S S Attwell at 2825. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4160 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H C Green, of Collins, Green & Eades 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Senior at 4150 and R Taylor at 4172. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a laborer, an on active service, a plumber and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Fairview 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

In 1940 the directory lists E Green at 1529 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward Green there, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Robert Green at 1887 West 8th Avenue, a laborer.

C G Green is listed at 2030 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Green there as the householder, retired, with Charles W Green, a salesman, and Victor H Green. H S Green is listed at 2052 West 8th Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Green at 2821 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Howard Green there as the householder, a plumber. In 1940 the directory lists H C Green at 4160 West 8th Avenue; 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 Howard C Green there as the householder, of Collins, Green & Eades.

Today

2052 West 8th and 2821 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4160 West 8th (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1529 West 8th, 1887 West 8th and 2030 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.