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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Warrens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Warren at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd 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 Warrens at 3981 West 23rd in 1940. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Warren name's own page.

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Where the Warrens 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

    3942 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W E Warren, proprietor of Madill Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Hay at 3938 and J M MacLean at 3948. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3981 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H W Warren 1940
    • Florence L Warren, a saleswoman 1940
    • Thelma F Warren, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Mackie at 3973 and R F Colvin at 3995. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an operator, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 W E Warren at 3942 West 23rd 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 William E Warren there as the householder, proprietor of Madill Garage. In 1940 the directory lists H W Warren at 3981 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Florence L Warren there, a saleswoman, with Thelma F Warren, an operator at the BC Telephone.

Today

3942 West 23rd (1988) and 3981 West 23rd (1993) have newer buildings, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Every directory, as one book

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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.