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A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Woods

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Wood at three addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Woods at 3267 Parker in 1940. 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

    1730 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A V Wood, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Watson at 1738. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1820 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M I Wood, widow of E T 1940
    • E Frederick Wood, a salesman for Kirks Clothes 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Somerville at 1836. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3267 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs J M Wood, widow of J C 1940
    • Jessie M Wood 1940
    • John C Wood, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A McConnachie at 3261 and H W Thompson at 3279. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a logger and a salesman. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs A V Wood at 1730 Parker Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Anna V Wood there as the householder, widow of H. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M I Wood at 1820 Parker 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 Minnie I Wood there as the householder, widow of E T, with E Frederick Wood, a salesman, and Ernest F Wood, a salesman for Kirks Clothes.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J M Wood at 3267 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Jessie M Wood there as the householder, widow of J C, with Jessie M Wood, and John C Wood, a logger.

Today

1730 Parker, 1820 Parker and 3267 Parker still have their buildings from before 1946.

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Taken on the 1800 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1820 Parker. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.