A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Scotts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Scott at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
116 West 23rd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- W Scott, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: M J Buck at 108 and L Anderson at 122. The block, door by door
- 2
3593 West 23rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- L McK Scott, a wireless operator at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Thrower at 3589 and A C Bridson at 3597. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a fireman and a wireless operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 W Scott at 116 West 23rd 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 William Scott there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists L McK Scott at 3593 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists L McKeown Scott there as the householder, a wireless operator at Canadian Pacific Steamships.
Today
3593 West 23rd (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 116 West 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Scott W116 West 23rd, p. 237
- Scott Wm firmn Van City116 West 23rd, p. 549
- *Scott L McK3593 West 23rd, p. 238
- Scott L McKeown wireless opr CPSS3593 West 23rd, p. 548
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.