A family name on Osler Street, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Woods
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Wood at two addresses in 1940, all on Osler 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
4629 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- L T Wood, a traveller at Letson & Burpee 1940
Next door in 1940: L C Teeple at 4609 and H H Dingle at 4649. The block, door by door
- 2
4670 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs S Wood, widow of J 1940
- George R Wood 1940
Next door in 1940: W B Finglass at 4650 and J K Falconer at 4690. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a traveller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (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 L T Wood at 4629 Osler 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 Leonard T Wood there as the householder, a traveller at Letson & Burpee. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Wood at 4670 Osler Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah Wood there as the householder, widow of J, with George R Wood.
Today
4629 Osler and 4670 Osler still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wood L T4629 Osler, p. 123
- Wood Leonard T trav Letson & Burpee4629 Osler, p. 672
- *Wood Mrs S4670 Osler, p. 123
- Wood Geo R4670 Osler, p. 671
- Wood Sarah wid J4670 Osler, 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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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.