Vancouver / Names / M / Maxwell / West 12th Avenue

A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Maxwells

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Maxwell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 46 other streets too, all listed on the Maxwell name's own page.

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Where the Maxwells 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

    5 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W E Maxwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Babbage at 7. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    444 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H J Maxwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G D McLennan at 434 and R F Sheward at 454. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 W E Maxwell at 5 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred E Maxwell there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists H J Maxwell at 444 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry J Maxwell there as the householder.

Today

5 West 12th and 444 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Maxwells

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Maxwell 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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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.