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A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Woods

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Wood at five addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 129 other streets too, all listed on the Wood name's own page.

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Where the Woods 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

    356 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C H Wood, a transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Yick Hip at 350 and Downes Super Serv at 398. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    852 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs Betty Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Sing at 846 and M Lazic at 854. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1245 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Wood, proprietor of the Edwood Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Goddard at 1213 and A Christianson at 1249. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2539 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A A Wood, a mechanic at Truck Parts & Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Murphy at 2533 and J B Smith at 2545. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2737 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G T Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Tutten at 2721 and W J Newton at 2745. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a mechanic and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3) and Hastings-Sunrise (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 C H Wood, a transfer, at 356 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Betty Wood at 852 East Pender Street. In 1940 the directory lists J Wood at 1245 East Pender Street; 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 James Wood there as the householder, proprietor of the Edwood Apartments.

In 1940 the directory lists A A Wood at 2539 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Allan A Wood there as the householder, a mechanic at Truck Parts & Equipment. In 1940 the directory lists G T Wood at 2737 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George T Wood there as the householder.

Today

852 East Pender, 1245 East Pender and 2539 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; 2737 East Pender (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 356 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 1245 East Pender: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

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.