A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Renworths
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Renworth at one address, 2178 West 49th Avenue in Kerrisdale, in 1940.
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The Renworths at home
- 1
2178 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- F W Renworth, an agent at Great West Life 1940
- Winifred M Renworth, a musician 1940
Next door in 1940: D McL Anderson at 2170 and R C Pybus at 2186. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an agent and a musician.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kerrisdale. 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 F W Renworth at 2178 West 49th 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 Frederick W Renworth there as the householder, an agent at Great West Life, with Winifred M Renworth, a musician.
Today
2178 West 49th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Renworth F W2178 West 49th, p. 265
- Renworth Fredk W agt Gt West Life2178 West 49th, p. 517
- Renworth Winifred M musician2178 West 49th, p. 517
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Renworths
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Renworth 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.