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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Scott at six addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow 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

    741 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Zack Scott 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hoffmeister at 761. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ruth I Scott, an elevator operator at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    855 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • P S Scott, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Burton at 811 and 21 listings at 859. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    989 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles Scott 1940

    Next door in 1940: biltmore (the) at 955 and Foxx L beauty shop & at 991. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1148 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Isabel Scott, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1243 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J H Scott, widow of W L 1940
    • Dorothy W J Scott, widow of A J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an elevator operator, a nurse and a waiter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (6). 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 Zack Scott at 741 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Ruth I Scott at 784 Thurlow Street, an elevator operator at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists P S Scott at 855 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Percy S Scott there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Charles Scott at 989 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Isabel Scott at 1148 Thurlow Street, a nurse. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J H Scott at 1243 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Jessie H Scott there as the householder, widow of W L, with Dorothy W J Scott, widow of A J.

Today

784 Thurlow, 855 Thurlow and 1243 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, all on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 741 Thurlow, 989 Thurlow and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.