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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Virtues

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Virtue at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Virtues 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

    1121 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • John W Virtue, a painter at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Mackness at 1117 and F Poole at 1133. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3858 Point Grey Road

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs S J Virtue, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Flinn at 3876. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1838 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R A Virtue, a civil engineer and president at Alpha Finance 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S McGlashan at 1836 and F V Salkeld at 1846. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2105 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C E Virtue, a service station 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Hull at 2115. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1761 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Philip Virtue, a mechanic at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Brown at 1757 and D Hughes at 1767. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    6343 Yew Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C E Virtue, who ran a service station 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G MacKinnon at 6331 and R B Johnston at 6355. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a civil engineer and president, a mechanic, a painter and a service station. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John W Virtue at 1121 Harwood Street, a painter at the Georgia Hotel. Mrs S J Virtue is listed at 3858 Point Grey Road 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 Sarah J Virtue there as the householder, widow of W.

R A Virtue is listed at 1838 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Virtue there as the householder, a civil engineer and president at Alpha Finance. C E Virtue, a service station, is listed at 2105 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Philip Virtue at 1761 West 5th Avenue, a mechanic at Begg Motor.

C E Virtue is listed at 6343 Yew Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence E Virtue there as the householder, who ran a service station.

Today

6343 Yew still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1121 Harwood (1954) and 2105 West 37th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3858 Point Grey Road, 1838 West 13th and 1761 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3858 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.