Vancouver / Names / W / Walters / West 16th Avenue

A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey

The Walterses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Walters at three addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 38 other streets too, all listed on the Walters name's own page.

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Where the Walterses 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

    3682 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E J Walters, a salesman at Gold Band Beverage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C MacKenzie at 3636 and L W Walters at 3694. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3694 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L W Walters, a salesman at Gold Band Beverage 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Walters at 3682. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3784 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N C Walters, a printer at Murphy & Chapman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cowey at 3772. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a salesman (2) and a printer. Two of them worked for Gold Band Beverage.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) 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 E J Walters at 3682 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edmund J Walters there as the householder, a salesman at Gold Band Beverage. In 1940 the directory lists L W Walters at 3694 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lloyd W Walters there as the householder, a salesman at Gold Band Beverage.

In 1940 the directory lists N C Walters at 3784 West 16th Avenue; 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 Norman C Walters there as the householder, a printer at Murphy & Chapman.

Today

3694 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 3682 West 16th (2005) and 3784 West 16th (1961) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.