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A family name on West 39th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at four addresses

The directories print twelve people named Scott at four addresses in 1940, all on West 39th 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: five Scotts at 2785 West 39th 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

    2785 West 39th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A W Scott, a salesman 1940
    • Charlotte I Scott, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • Florence M Scott, a stenographer 1940
    • Jean O Scott, a bookkeeper at Mayfair Butter 1940
    • Mary M Scott, a bookkeeper at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Payson at 2775 and A E Knight at 2795. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3287 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs R A Scott, widow of T H 1940
    • Irene M Scott, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M B E Hopkins at 3281. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3808 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F H Scott, a manager for Gutta Percha 1940
    • Frank E Scott, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
    • Marion L Scott, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal 1940
  4. 4

    3833 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W R Scott, a manager at Lumberman Printing 1940
    • Mildred Scott, a bookkeeper at Lumberman Printing 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Pim at 3825 and N A McLean at 3841. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the twelve: a bookkeeper (3), a clerk (2), a manager (2), a stenographer (2), a salesman and a school teacher. Some worked for the same employer: two for Bank of Montreal and two for Lumberman Printing. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 A W Scott at 2785 West 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert W Scott there as the householder, a salesman, with Charlotte I Scott, a clerk at Spencer's, Florence M Scott, a stenographer, Jean O Scott, a bookkeeper at Mayfair Butter, and Mary M Scott, a bookkeeper at Macdonalds Consolidated. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R A Scott at 3287 West 39th 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 Rebecca A Scott there as the householder, widow of T H, with Irene M Scott, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Scott at 3808 West 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Scott there as the householder, a manager for Gutta Percha, with Frank E Scott, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal, and Marion L Scott, a stenographer at the Bank of Montreal. In 1940 the directory lists W R Scott at 3833 West 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William R Scott there as the householder, a manager at Lumberman Printing, with Mildred Scott, a bookkeeper at Lumberman Printing.

Today

3287 West 39th and 3833 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2785 West 39th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3808 West 39th, so that building is 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.