A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Scotts
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Scott at five addresses in 1940, all on Main Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 173 other streets too, all listed on the Scott name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Scotts lived
- 1
451 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R M Scott, a florist 1940
Next door in 1940: Library Annex Van Pub at 431. The block, door by door
- 2
927 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- James Scott 1940
Next door in 1940: Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925 and Leslie Coal Co at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1821 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- William Scott, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W Keller at 1815 and J Spraickman at 1823. The block, door by door
- 4
2339 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Thomas W Scott, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: McCallum's Hdw Ltd at 2337 and Mt Pleasant Billiard Hall at 2341. The block, door by door
- 5
2545 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W Scott, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Belvedere Delctsn at 2543 and W E Turnbull at 2549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a conductor and a motorman. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Strathcona (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 R M Scott, a florist, at 451 Main Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Scott at 927 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists William Scott at 1821 Main Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Scott at 2339 Main Street, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists W Scott at 2545 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists William Scott there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
927 Main, 2339 Main and 2545 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 451 Main and 1821 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Scotts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Scott 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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Another name, or a house
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.