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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Unsworths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Unsworth at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Unsworths 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

    4468 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Unsworth, a janitor at the Birks Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev D A Fowlie at 4460 and A I Fredrekson at 4476. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1055 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ray Unsworth, a driver at Nelsons Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Jenkins at 1045 and Mrs M Murphy at 1065. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3942 West 17th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Robert J Unsworth, a maintenance man at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J McCallum at 3930 and S M Wilson at 3952. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4696 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A W C Unsworth 1940
    • Edith Unsworth, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Hutchinson at 4686. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, a janitor, a maintenance man and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 W Unsworth at 4468 Welwyn Street; 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 William Unsworth there as the householder, a janitor at the Birks Building. The 1940 name section lists Ray Unsworth at 1055 West 10th Avenue, a driver at Nelsons Laundries. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Unsworth at 3942 West 17th Avenue, a maintenance man at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists A W C Unsworth at 4696 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists A W Charles Unsworth there as the householder, with Edith Unsworth, a school teacher.

Today

4468 Welwyn, 1055 West 10th, 3942 West 17th and 4696 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.