A family name on West 31st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands 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 31st 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
3849 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- T B Scott, a carman helper at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: G LeBrun at 3841 and E A Carlson at 3857. The block, door by door
- 2
4098 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- D G Scott, a foreman at Meredith Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: G MacLennan at 4090. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a carman helper and a foreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 T B Scott at 3849 West 31st 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 Thomas B Scott there as the householder, a carman helper at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists D G Scott at 4098 West 31st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Desmond G Scott there as the householder, a foreman at Meredith Motors.
Today
4098 West 31st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3849 West 31st, 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 T B3849 West 31st, p. 247
- Scott Thos B carmn hlpr CPR3849 West 31st, p. 549
- *Scott D G4098 West 31st, p. 247
- Scott Desmond G formn Meredith Motors4098 West 31st, p. 547
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.