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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Scott at eight addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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

    25 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Scott, widow of A C 1940
    • Grace I Scott, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Langston at 17 and R A Munroe at 35. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    141 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss A E Scott 1940
    • Annie E Scott 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Dickinson at 135 and S A Garratt at 145. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    674 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Scott, a salesman for Horne Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Morrison at 666 and Twelfth & Heather Sev Sta at 698. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1275 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William G Scott, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Chadbourne at 1265 and D R Davis at 1285. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1993 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Agnes Scott, a maid for A H Hanna 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Kubik at 1985. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3994 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A W Scott, a sales manager at Western Wholesale Drug and Cunningham Drug 1940
    • A Lorelei Scott, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Hughes at 3990. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4307 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • B W C Scott, proprietor of Kitsilano Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cameron at 4303 and H R Dove at 4315. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4586 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J H Scott, an instrumentman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Clive M Scott, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Dunbar at 4576 and V S Gostling at 4590. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a salesman (2), an employee, an instrumentman, a maid, a proprietor and a sales manager, among others. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs M Scott at 25 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Maud Scott there as the householder, widow of A C, with Grace I Scott, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A E Scott at 141 West 12th 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 lists Annie E Scott there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists William Scott at 674 West 12th Avenue, a salesman for Horne Taylor. The 1940 name section lists William G Scott at 1275 West 12th Avenue, a salesman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Scott at 1993 West 12th Avenue, a maid for A H Hanna.

A W Scott is listed at 3994 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Scott there as the householder, a sales manager at Western Wholesale Drug and Cunningham Drug, with A Lorelei Scott, a student. B W C Scott is listed at 4307 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bryant W C Scott there as the householder, proprietor of Kitsilano Meat Market.

J H Scott is listed at 4586 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James H Scott there as the householder, an instrumentman at the City of Vancouver, with Clive M Scott, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

25 West 12th, 1275 West 12th, 1993 West 12th, 4307 West 12th and 4586 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1275 West 12th and 1993 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 141 West 12th, 674 West 12th and 3994 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.