A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
The Woods
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Wood at two addresses in 1940, all on Marguerite Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
4429 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A U Wood, a lumber wholesale 1940
- Dorothy M Wood, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Morgan at 4409 and Rev G P McLeod at 4449. The block, door by door
- 2
5861 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H Wood, a dentist 1940
- June E Wood 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Thomson at 5837 and H B MacLean at 5887. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a dentist, a lumber wholesale and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 A U Wood at 4429 Marguerite 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex U Wood there as the householder, a lumber wholesale, with Dorothy M Wood, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists H Wood at 5861 Marguerite Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace Wood there as the householder, a dentist, with June E Wood.
Today
4429 Marguerite (2013) and 5861 Marguerite (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wood A U4429 Marguerite, p. 111
- Wood Alex U lbr whol 701, 850 W Hastings4429 Marguerite, p. 671
- Wood Dorothy M sten4429 Marguerite, p. 671
- *Wood H5861 Marguerite, p. 111
- Wood Horace dentist 214, 175 E Bway5861 Marguerite, p. 672
- Wood June E5861 Marguerite, p. 672
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Woods
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wood 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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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.