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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wards

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Ward at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

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

    2296 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G E Ward 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Mercer at 2288. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2435 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A J Ward 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A McLachlan at 2427 and J C Bond at 2445. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 G E Ward at 2296 West 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George E Ward there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A J Ward at 2435 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J Ward there as the householder.

Today

2296 West 14th (1973) and 2435 West 14th (2012) have newer buildings, 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.

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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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.