A family name on West 22nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 22nd Avenue. 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
Southlands
- 1
3280 West 22nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R W E Wood, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: A G Stewart at 3276. The block, door by door
- 2
3417 West 22nd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A R Wood, a secretary at Dad's Cookie Co 1940
- Gordon D Wood, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A W Burchell at 3405 and J Miller at 3421. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 R W E Wood at 3280 West 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ron W E Wood there as the householder, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. In 1940 the directory lists A R Wood at 3417 West 22nd 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 lists Arthur R Wood there as the householder, a secretary at Dad's Cookie Co, with Gordon D Wood, a student.
Today
3280 West 22nd and 3417 West 22nd 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 R W E3280 West 22nd, p. 235
- Wood Ron W E clk CB of C3280 West 22nd, p. 672
- *Wood A R3417 West 22nd, p. 235
- Wood Arth R sec Dad's Cookie Co3417 West 22nd, p. 671
- Wood Gordon D studt3417 West 22nd, p. 671
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.