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A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Scott at three addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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.

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Where the Scotts 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

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Scott 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    717 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Clif Scott, a driver 1940
    • Stewart Scott, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: western weighing co at 733. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1855 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S Scott, a bridgeman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Froggatt at 1835 and J Weir at 1865. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a driver (2) and a bridgeman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Scott at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Clif Scott at 717 Powell Street, a driver, with Stewart Scott, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists S Scott at 1855 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Stan Scott there as the householder, a bridgeman.

Today

The City no longer lists 123 Powell, 717 Powell and 1855 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Scotts

Every directory, as one book

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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.