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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Scotts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Scott at four addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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 1877 West 3rd 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

    1877 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Scott, a floorman at the Province 1940
    • Dorothy Scott, a stenographer at Children's Aid 1940
    • James E Scott, a clerk at Storey & Campbell 1940
    • Jeanne A Scott 1940
    • Marjorie Scott, a laundress at Peerless Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Ball at 1871 and J Taylor at 1883. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2170 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F E Scott, a gardener 1940
    • George Scott, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Loseke at 2162 and H Sanderson at 2176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2325 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Flora Scott, widow of H C 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Taylor at 2333. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3180 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D C Scott, a salesman for W Neilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Randall at 3170 and J H McLellan at 3182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a clerk, a driver, a floorman, a gardener, a laundress and a salesman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4). 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 1877 West 3rd 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 Walter Scott there as the householder, a floorman at the Province, with Dorothy Scott, a stenographer at Children's Aid, James E Scott, a clerk at Storey & Campbell, Jeanne A Scott, and Marjorie Scott, a laundress at Peerless Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists F E Scott at 2170 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick E Scott there as the householder, a gardener, with George Scott, a driver.

The 1940 name section lists Flora Scott at 2325 West 3rd Avenue, widow of H C. D C Scott is listed at 3180 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David C Scott there as the householder, a salesman for W Neilson.

Today

3180 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; 2170 West 3rd (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1877 West 3rd and 2325 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.