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The Seniors

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Senior at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Seniors lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3505 Ash Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs C Senior, widow of E A 1940
    • Joyce Senior 1940
  2. 2

    1942 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E Senior 1940
    • Frederick Senior, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Money Canning Co at 1918 and G Blomskog at 1946. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1537 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Ida Senior, a housekeeper for Mrs J E Hawthorne 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Whitworth at 1533. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    351 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F Senior 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Uchida at 347 and Star Mkt at 353. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4150 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H B Senior, a manager and secretary-treasurer at National Paper Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Wood at 4128 and H C Green at 4160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a housekeeper, a manager and secretary-treasurer and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, South Cambie, Strathcona, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs C Senior at 3505 Ash Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charlotte Senior there as the householder, widow of E A, with Joyce Senior. In 1940 the directory lists E Senior at 1942 Pandora Street. The 1940 name section lists Edgar Senior there as the householder, with Frederick Senior, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs M Ida Senior at 1537 Pendrell Street, a housekeeper for Mrs J E Hawthorne. The 1940 name section lists F Senior at 351 Powell Street. In 1940 the directory lists H B Senior at 4150 West 8th 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 Horace B Senior there as the householder, a manager and secretary-treasurer at National Paper Box.

Today

3505 Ash still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 351 Powell (1989) and 4150 West 8th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1942 Pandora and 1537 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.