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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maws

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Maw at four addresses in 1940 in four 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: three Maws at 5865 Argyle in 1940.

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Where the Maws lived

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

    5865 Argyle Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs D Maw, widow of J 1940
    • Louise Maw, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • R Edward Maw, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Graves at 5855 and C Walters at 5871. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2917 East 17th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H S Maw, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Croy at 2923. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5963 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • P J Maw, a manager at Pacific Lime and Kingsley Navigation 1940
    • David H Maw, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K K Roe at 5903 and W J L Pacey at 5975. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1200 West 57th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E A J Maw 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Macdonald at 1250. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a laborer, a manager, a millworker and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Marpole, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Mrs D Maw at 5865 Argyle Street; 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 Daisy Maw there as the householder, widow of J, with Louise Maw, a saleswoman at Woodward's, and R Edward Maw, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists H S Maw at 2917 East 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold S Maw there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists P J Maw at 5963 Larch Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Philip J Maw there as the householder, a manager at Pacific Lime and Kingsley Navigation, with David H Maw, a student. In 1940 the directory lists E A J Maw at 1200 West 57th Avenue.

Today

5865 Argyle (2010) and 5963 Larch (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2917 East 17th and 1200 West 57th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Maws

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.