A family name on East 57th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Greenwoods
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Greenwood at two addresses in 1940, all on East 57th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 37 other streets too, all listed on the Greenwood name's own page.
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Where the Greenwoods lived
- 1
366 East 57th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- L D Greenwood, a machinist at the Anthes-Tait Foundry 1940
Next door in 1940: J J Henderson at 358. The block, door by door
- 2
747 East 57th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Mrs M Greenwood, widow of F M 1940
Next door in 1940: F Telford at 731 and J New at 753. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a machinist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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 L D Greenwood at 366 East 57th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Leslie D Greenwood there as the householder, a machinist at the Anthes-Tait Foundry. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Greenwood at 747 East 57th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Greenwood there as the householder, widow of F M.
Today
366 East 57th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 747 East 57th (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Greenwood L D366 East 57th, p. 268
- Greenwood Leslie D mach Anthes-Tait Fndy366 East 57th, p. 240
- Greenwood Mrs M747 East 57th, p. 268
- Greenwood Margt wid F M747 East 57th, p. 240
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Greenwoods
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Greenwood 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.