Vancouver / Names / S / Scott / West 16th Avenue

A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Scott at three addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Scotts at 312 West 16th in 1940. 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

    312 West 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G D Scott, a driver at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Alex R Scott 1940
    • Helen F Scott, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
  2. 2

    1565 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W H Scott, a manager at Consolidated Sales Book 1940
    • John H Scott, a trader at R Gelletly & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: ottawa court at 1551 and gloucester court at 1575. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4437 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Scott, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: W K Brawnell at 4417 and L R Sinclair at 4443. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a driver, a gardener, a machinist operator, a manager and a trader.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 G D Scott at 312 West 16th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George D Scott there as the householder, a driver at Imperial Oil, with Alex R Scott, and Helen F Scott, a machinist operator at American Can. In 1940 the directory lists W H Scott at 1565 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Harry Scott there as the householder, a manager at Consolidated Sales Book, with John H Scott, a trader at R Gelletly & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists J Scott at 4437 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Scott there as the householder, a gardener, with James Scott, a laborer.

Today

1565 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 312 West 16th (1976) and 4437 West 16th (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.