A family name on Nicola Street, West End
The Wests
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named West at one address, 1386 Nicola Street in West End, in 1940. The directories print the name on 71 other streets too, all listed on the West name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Wests at home
- 1
1386 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- W J West, a general manager at Canadian Canners 1940
- Helen A West, a student 1940
- John H West, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: greythorpe apts at 1334. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a general manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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 J West at 1386 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Willis J West there as the householder, a general manager at Canadian Canners, with Helen A West, a student, and John H West, a student.
Today
1386 Nicola still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- West W J1386 Nicola, p. 120
- West Helen A studt1386 Nicola, p. 650
- West John H studt1386 Nicola, p. 650
- West Willis J genl mgr Can Canners1386 Nicola, p. 651
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wests
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the West 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.