A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Wards
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Ward at one address, 2998 West 32nd Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, 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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The Wards at home
Southlands
- 1
2998 West 32nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs M A Ward, widow of R 1940
- Kathleen J Ward, a school teacher 1940
- M Helen Ward, a comptroller operator at M W Ltd 1940
- Marion R Ward, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: E V Lumley at 2994. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a comptroller operator, a nurse and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Mrs M A Ward at 2998 West 32nd 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 M Annie Ward there as the householder, widow of R, with Kathleen J Ward, a school teacher, M Helen Ward, a comptroller operator at M W Ltd, and Marion R Ward, a nurse.
Today
2998 West 32nd (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ward Mrs M A2998 West 32nd, p. 248
- Ward Kathleen J sch tchr Van City2998 West 32nd, p. 641
- Ward M Annie wid R2998 West 32nd, p. 641
- Ward M Helen compt opr M W Ltd2998 West 32nd, p. 641
- Ward Marion R nurse2998 West 32nd, 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.