A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Greenwoods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Greenwood at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Greenwoods at 4178 West 14th in 1940. 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
187 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- H G Greenwood, an assistant superintendent at Prudential Insurance 1940
Next door in 1940: J Harley at 157 and R J Smith at 197. The block, door by door
- 2
4178 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- H L Greenwood, a secretary at the BC Government 1940
- Clayton L Greenwood 1940
- E Lloyd Greenwood, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Harstone at 4174 and J Glover at 4184. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant superintendent and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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 H G Greenwood at 187 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold G Greenwood there as the householder, an assistant superintendent at Prudential Insurance. In 1940 the directory lists H L Greenwood at 4178 West 14th 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 Harry L Greenwood there as the householder, a secretary at the BC Government, with Clayton L Greenwood, and E Lloyd Greenwood, a student.
Today
4178 West 14th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 187 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Greenwood H G187 West 14th, p. 215
- Greenwood Harold G asst supt Prudential Ins187 West 14th, p. 240
- *Greenwood H L4178 West 14th, p. 217
- Greenwood Clayton L4178 West 14th, p. 240
- Greenwood E Lloyd studt4178 West 14th, p. 240
- Greenwood Harry L sec BC Govt4178 West 14th, 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.