A family name on West 44th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Dunbar-Southlands
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 44th 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
- 1
2066 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W H Wood, a janitor at the Canadian Government 1940
- W Ridley Wood, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: O E Snead at 2060 and I W R McCready at 2070. The block, door by door
- 2
3370 West 44th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- E Wood, a secretary at Biltwell Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: L L McKillop at 3330 and C A MacNutt at 3390. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a janitor and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kerrisdale. 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 W H Wood at 2066 West 44th 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 Walter H Wood there as the householder, a janitor at the Canadian Government, with W Ridley Wood, a student. In 1940 the directory lists E Wood at 3370 West 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Eldon Wood there as the householder, a secretary at Biltwell Furniture.
Today
3370 West 44th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 2066 West 44th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wood W H2066 West 44th, p. 261
- Wood W Ridley studt2066 West 44th, p. 672
- Wood Walter H jntr Can Govt2066 West 44th, p. 672
- *Wood E3370 West 44th, p. 261
- Wood Eldon sec Biltwell Furn3370 West 44th, 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.