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A family name on Pendrell Street, West End

The Woods

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Wood at five addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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 1010 Pendrell 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1010 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Doris Wood 1940
    • Ethel Wood 1940
    • H Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Winning at 1008 and C Schreiner at 1020. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1336 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss D Wood, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Lester at 1330 and T G Johnston at 1346. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1716 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert G Wood, a salesman for W S Collister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss K McGregor at 1724. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1847 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alma E Wood, a saleswoman at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hawkins at 1835 and A E Sinton at 1853. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2067 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A J Wood, retired 1940
    • Doug C Wood, a garage attendant at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Love at 2063. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a clerk, a garage attendant, a salesman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doris Wood at 1010 Pendrell Street, with Ethel Wood and H Wood. The 1940 name section lists Miss D Wood at 1336 Pendrell Street, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Robert G Wood at 1716 Pendrell Street, a salesman for W S Collister. The 1940 name section lists Alma E Wood at 1847 Pendrell Street, a saleswoman at Singer Sewing Machinery.

In 1940 the directory lists A J Wood at 2067 Pendrell 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 Albert J Wood there as the householder, retired, with Doug C Wood, a garage attendant at Woodward's.

Today

1847 Pendrell (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1010 Pendrell, 1336 Pendrell, 1716 Pendrell and 2067 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Woods

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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.