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A family name on West 17th Avenue, South Cambie, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands

The Wards

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Ward at two addresses in 1940, all on West 17th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wards at 917 West 17th in 1940. 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

    917 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • T E Ward, a salesman at Spencer's 1940
    • Edith A Ward, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • William J Ward, a clerk at Hygiene Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Malpass at 915 and M Archeck at 923. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    967 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • F G Ward, proprietor of F G Ward Music 1940
    • Mary R Ward, a saleswoman at F G Ward Music 1940
    • Nora R Ward, a bookkeeper at F G Ward Music 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Wagner at 961 and J McMurtrie at 973. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a clerk (2), a bookkeeper, a proprietor, a salesman and a saleswoman. Some worked for the same employer: three for F G Ward Music and two for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (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 T E Ward at 917 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas E Ward there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's, with Edith A Ward, a clerk at Spencer's, and William J Ward, a clerk at Hygiene Products. In 1940 the directory lists F G Ward at 967 West 17th 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 Frank G Ward there as the householder, proprietor of F G Ward Music, with Mary R Ward, a saleswoman at F G Ward Music, and Nora R Ward, a bookkeeper at F G Ward Music.

Today

917 West 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 967 West 17th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.