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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wadsworths

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Wadsworth at nine addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Woodsworth. 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 Wadsworths lived

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

    210 Carrall Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Wadsworth, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Tauber at 208 and King's Cafe at 212. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2047 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • N L Wadsworth, a baker at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Teal at 2059. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1611 East 59th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G D Wadsworth, a mushroom grower 1940

    Next door in 1940: W O Wadsworth at 1625. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1625 East 59th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W O Wadsworth, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Wadsworth at 1611. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2149 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G D Wadsworth, retired 1940
    • Howard F Wadsworth, a boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: P H Triance at 2139 and B Braithwaite at 2167. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1252 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H Wadsworth, a conductor at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Simpson at 1242 and J Seggie at 1254. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • C J Woodsworth, a reporter at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2370 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Edgar F Wadsworth, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G V Roote at 2350 and H E McConaghy at 2376. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1870 Yew Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Belva E Woodsworth, a school teacher 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a baker, a boomman, a conductor, a fireman, a mushroom grower and an on active service, among others. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Victoria-Fraserview (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wadsworth at 210 Carrall Street, retired. N L Wadsworth is listed at 2047 East 26th 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 Neil L Wadsworth there as the householder, a baker at Woodward's.

G D Wadsworth, in mushrooms, is listed at 1611 East 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George D Wadsworth there, a mushroom grower. W O Wadsworth is listed at 1625 East 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William O Wadsworth there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

G D Wadsworth is listed at 2149 East 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George D Wadsworth there as the householder, retired, with Howard F Wadsworth, a boomman at Sitka Spruce Lumber. H Wadsworth is listed at 1252 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry Wadsworth there as the householder, a conductor at the CNR.

C J Woodsworth is listed at 1058 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Woodsworth there as the householder, a reporter at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Edgar F Wadsworth at 2370 West 2nd Avenue, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Belva E Woodsworth at 1870 Yew Street, a school teacher.

Today

210 Carrall and 1058 Nelson still have their buildings from before 1946, 1058 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2047 East 26th (1989), 1611 East 59th (1961), 2149 East 6th (1965), 2370 West 2nd (1967) and 1870 Yew (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1625 East 59th and 1252 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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

The book of the Wadsworths

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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.