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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Woods

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Wood at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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

    1203 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Enid Wood, a packer at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Kennedy at 1215. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1645 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Harold P Wood, a sheet metal worker at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Guy at 1635 and G A Morrison at 1655. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1886 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Wood, widow of M C 1940
    • Grace Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H McVety at 1876. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4104 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L G Wood, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Cummings at 4112. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4360 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Henry J Wood, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Moffat at 4358 and Mrs H Nash at 4378. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a miner, a packer, a physician and a sheet metal worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Enid Wood at 1203 West 11th Avenue, a packer at Canadian Wind Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Harold P Wood at 1645 West 11th Avenue, a sheet metal worker at Boeing's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Wood at 1886 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Caroline Wood there as the householder, widow of M C, with Grace Wood.

In 1940 the directory lists L G Wood at 4104 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lorne G Wood there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Henry J Wood at 4360 West 11th Avenue, a miner.

Today

1645 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1886 West 11th (1990) and 4360 West 11th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1203 West 11th and 4104 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.