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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Renshaws

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Renshaw at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Renshaws 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

    796 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H Renshaw, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bryan at 790. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4453 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Arthur Renshaw, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Costello at 4447 and Mrs R Thompson at 4463. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2726 West 19th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C Renshaw, a carpenter at the CPR 1940
    • Margaret G Renshaw, a stenographer at Yorkshire Savings & Loan 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Thomas at 2714 and Norman G Trasolini at 2736. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a laborer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Sunset 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 Renshaw at 796 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 Harry Renshaw there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Renshaw at 4453 West 13th Avenue as the householder, retired.

C Renshaw is listed at 2726 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Renshaw there as the householder, a carpenter at the CPR, with Margaret G Renshaw, a stenographer at Yorkshire Savings & Loan.

Today

796 East 57th and 4453 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2726 West 19th (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.