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The Snows

In the city directories 1940 · 19 people at 14 addresses

The directories print 19 people named Snow at 14 addresses in 1940 in ten of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Snows at 802 Richards in 1940.

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Where the Snows lived

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

    3246 Commercial Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs S Snow 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Johnson at 3236 and V H Carlson at 3256. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    500 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Archibald I Snow, a telephone electrician at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Smith at 504. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    535 East 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H E Snow, a boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Rae at 531 and J V Francis at 537. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2267 East 24th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Russell I Snow, a dealer for J R Watkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Brown at 2257. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6049 Elm Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Florence M Snow, widow of A L 1940
    • W J Snow, a laborer at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A M E Peters at 6029 and L H Earle at 6059. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1359 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Thomas Snow, an engineer for F Waterhouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hadfield at 1339 and A T McKinley at 1363. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1945 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • D F C Snow, a shipper 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935 and Miss S A Dewar at 1955. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4502 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Snow, who worked for Canadian Boxes 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Chapman at 4514. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4409 Pine Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G H Snow 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Norrie-Loewenthal at 4429. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    766 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Peggy Snow 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Armstrong at 772. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    802 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A L Snow, a transfer 1940
    • Frederick D Snow, a helper at O'Neil Co 1940
    • Lorne A Snow 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Gallazin at 804. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    2475 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G T Snow, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Cowan at 2451 and B Sanderson at 2499. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    2556 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C R Snow 1940
    • Elizabeth R Snow 1940
    • William F Snow, a clerk at Canada Rice Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Sachs at 2546 and J J Welsh at 2566. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    1585 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Doris Snow 1940

    Next door in 1940: E V Willis at 1555 and S Ohashi at 1587. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 19: a boomman, a clerk, a dealer, an employee, an engineer and a helper, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 S Snow at 3246 Commercial Drive; 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 Archibald I Snow at 500 Dunsmuir Street, a telephone electrician at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists H E Snow at 535 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Snow there as the householder, a boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber.

The 1940 name section lists Russell I Snow at 2267 East 24th Avenue, a dealer for J R Watkins. The 1940 name section lists Florence M Snow at 6049 Elm Street, widow of A L, with W J Snow, a laborer at the Burrard Dry Dock. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Snow at 1359 Franklin Street, an engineer for F Waterhouse.

D F C Snow is listed at 1945 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don F C Snow there as the householder, a shipper. R Snow is listed at 4502 Nanaimo Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy Snow there as the householder, who worked for Canadian Boxes.

G H Snow is listed at 4409 Pine Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Peggy Snow at 766 Richards Street. A L Snow, a transfer, is listed at 802 Richards Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred L Snow there, a transfer, with Frederick D Snow, a helper at O'Neil Co, and Lorne A Snow.

G T Snow is listed at 2475 West 37th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gilbert T Snow there as the householder, retired. Mrs C R Snow is listed at 2556 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth R Snow there, with William F Snow, a clerk at Canada Rice Sales.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Doris Snow at 1585 West 8th Avenue.

Today

500 Dunsmuir, 4409 Pine Crescent and 2475 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946, 500 Dunsmuir on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 535 East 19th (1992), 4502 Nanaimo (1992) and 2556 West 7th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3246 Commercial Drive, 6049 Elm, 1359 Franklin, 1945 Haro, 766 Richards, 802 Richards and 1585 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 2267 East 24th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 24 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.