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A family name on West 35th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Scott at three addresses in 1940, all on West 35th 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

    1520 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • L R Scott, a vice-president at H R MacMillan Export 1940
    • Patricia R Scott, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Anderson at 1530. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1942 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Elizabeth Scott, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Thompson at 1934 and G D Ireland Jr at 1950. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2002 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs M Scott, widow of C S 1940
    • Robert N Scott, a helper 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Couzens at 2012. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a helper and a vice-president. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (3). 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 L R Scott at 1520 West 35th 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 Leon R Scott there as the householder, a vice-president at H R MacMillan Export, with Patricia R Scott, a student. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Scott at 1942 West 35th Avenue, widow of R.

Mrs M Scott is listed at 2002 West 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Madeline Scott there as the householder, widow of C S, with Robert N Scott, a helper.

Today

1520 West 35th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1942 West 35th and 2002 West 35th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.