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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Woods

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Wood at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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

    345 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A E Wood, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Haney at 335 and J H Moran at 355. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1466 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • B J Wood, a printer at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Potter at 1446 and classic (the) at 1476. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2985 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Bus Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Kline at 2975 and E M Alexander at 2995. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4698 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A K Wood, a floor sander 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hearn (no first name printed) at 4684. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a floor sander and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 E Wood at 345 West 14th Avenue; 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 Alfred E Wood there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists B J Wood at 1466 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bernard J Wood there as the householder, a printer at News-Herald.

The 1940 name section lists Bus Wood at 2985 West 14th Avenue. A K Wood, a floor sander, is listed at 4698 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alan K Wood there as the householder, a floor sander.

Today

345 West 14th, 2985 West 14th and 4698 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1466 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.