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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Shaws

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at five addresses

The directories print eleven people named Shaw at five addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 Shaws at 1295 West 12th in 1940. The directories print the name on 108 other streets too, all listed on the Shaw name's own page.

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Where the Shaws 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

    1047 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Clara Shaw, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McNeil at 1043 and D O Lewis at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1295 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F W Shaw, of Shaw & Madden 1940
    • George F Shaw, a salesman at Canadian Industries Limited 1940
    • Margaret E G Shaw, a student 1940
    • Ralph M Shaw, a department manager at H R MacMillan Export 1940
    • Randolph F Shaw, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Davis at 1285. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1365 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Richard P Shaw, an attendant at the Standard Oil Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Johnston at 1355 and Mrs B L Bickell at 1375. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1455 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Shaw 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Klausner at 1445 and Mrs M V Murray at 1461. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4424 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Shaw, retired 1940
    • Blanche W Shaw, a stenographer at Black Bros Motor Products 1940
    • Joyce Shaw, a comptroller operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Walker at 4414 and E B Stevenson at 4430. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: an attendant, a comptroller operator, a department manager, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clara Shaw at 1047 West 12th Avenue, a widow. F W Shaw is listed at 1295 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 Frederick W Shaw there as the householder, of Shaw & Madden, with George F Shaw, a salesman at Canadian Industries Limited, Margaret E G Shaw, a student, Ralph M Shaw, a department manager at H R MacMillan Export, and Randolph F Shaw, a student. The 1940 name section lists Richard P Shaw at 1365 West 12th Avenue, an attendant at the Standard Oil Service Station.

The 1940 name section lists William Shaw at 1455 West 12th Avenue. T Shaw is listed at 4424 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Shaw there as the householder, retired, with Blanche W Shaw, a stenographer at Black Bros Motor Products, and Joyce Shaw, a comptroller operator.

Today

4424 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; 1295 West 12th (1962) and 1365 West 12th (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1047 West 12th and 1455 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.