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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Scarletts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Scarlett at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Scarletts lived

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

    5625 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Scarlett, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T S Anderson at 5615 and Mrs M Lofgren at 5645. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2690 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H C Scarlett, a clerk at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Young at 2688 and W E Scarlett at 2694. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2694 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W E Scarlett, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Scarlett at 2690 and W G Clarke at 2698. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1295 East 41st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G T Scarlett, a timekeeper at Boeings 1940
  5. 5

    1147 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • W Scarlett, a meat cutter 1940
    • Mary Scarlett 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Vassey at 1121 and J Middleton at 1155. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3160 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Emma F Scarlett, widow of S A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A J Dauphinee at 3128 and R E W Hillier at 3182. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    897 West 28th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • E H Scarlett, a school janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Holmes at 887. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk, a conductor, a meat cutter, a motorman, a school janitor and a timekeeper. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and West End. 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 Scarlett at 5625 Commercial 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 William Scarlett there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H C Scarlett at 2690 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry C Scarlett there as the householder, a clerk at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists W E Scarlett at 2694 East 22nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William E Scarlett there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists G T Scarlett at 1295 East 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gordon T Scarlett there as the householder, a timekeeper at Boeings.

In 1940 the directory lists W Scarlett at 1147 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists William Scarlett there as the householder, a meat cutter, with Mary Scarlett. The 1940 name section lists Emma F Scarlett at 3160 West 26th Avenue, widow of S A.

E H Scarlett is listed at 897 West 28th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest H Scarlett there as the householder, a school janitor.

Today

5625 Commercial (1989), 2690 East 22nd (1988), 2694 East 22nd (1984), 1295 East 41st (1990), 1147 Nelson (1986) and 3160 West 26th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 897 West 28th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1147 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.