A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Wards
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Ward at two addresses in 1940, all on East 21st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 75 other streets too, all listed on the Ward name's own page.
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Where the Wards lived
- 1
2855 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- A A Ward, a carrier driver at Alberta Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: J Dorflinger at 2849 and G A Smiley at 2861. The block, door by door
- 2
3121 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Ward (no first name printed) 1940
- Ward (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: L Barnett at 3115 and K Ballard at 3185. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a carrier driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 A A Ward at 2855 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert A Ward there as the householder, a carrier driver at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists Ward (no first name printed) at 3121 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ward (no first name printed) there as the householder.
Today
2855 East 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 3121 East 21st (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ward A A2855 East 21st, p. 232
- Ward Albt A carrier drvr Alberta Lbr2855 East 21st, p. 641
- Ward —3121 East 21st, p. 232
- Ward — —3121 East 21st, p. 641
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wards
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ward 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.
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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.