Vancouver / Names / S / Stanford

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stanfords

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Stanford at six 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. The most under one roof: three Stanfords at 1384 West 32nd in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Stanfords 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

    1075 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • R J Stanford, a manager at Norman Lab 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Knox at 1025. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1348 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles B Stanford, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Bethune at 1332 and la belle apts at 1368. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4214 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Frances I Stanford, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Hawthorne at 4208 and S M McCann at 4224. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1530 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F B Stanford, a secretary at the West Coast Woollen Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilson at 1540. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    485 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss M Stanford 1940
    • Margaret Stanford, a social worker at Children's Aid 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Brewster at 443. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1384 West 32nd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs Stanford 1940
    • Stanford (no first name printed), a widow 1940
    • Ernest Stanford, a director at the West Coast Woollen Mills 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a director, a manager, a salesman, a secretary and a social worker. Two of them worked for West Coast Woollen Mills. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy 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 R J Stanford at 1075 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rudolph J Stanford there as the householder, a manager at Norman Lab. The 1940 name section lists Charles B Stanford at 1348 Robson Street, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Frances I Stanford at 4214 West 10th Avenue, widow of W.

In 1940 the directory lists F B Stanford at 1530 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick B Stanford there as the householder, a secretary at the West Coast Woollen Mills. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Stanford at 485 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Stanford there as the householder, a social worker at Children's Aid.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs Stanford at 1384 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stanford (no first name printed) there as the householder, a widow, with Ernest Stanford, a director at the West Coast Woollen Mills.

Today

1075 Gilford, 1348 Robson, 4214 West 10th, 1530 West 13th, 485 West 14th and 1384 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Stanfords

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Stanford name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.