A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Woods
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Wood at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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
- 1
169 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Wood (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Glidden Co at 167 and Parks Rooms at 177. The block, door by door
- 2
1033 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Walter W Wood, a chauffeur at the Devonshire Cab Service 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Anchor Fence Co at 1031 and Parkway Rooms at 1035. The block, door by door
- 3
1035 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Doris Wood, a teacher at the Maxine Beauty School 1940
Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a chauffeur and a teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Wood (no first name printed) at 169 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter W Wood at 1033 West Pender Street, a chauffeur at the Devonshire Cab Service. The 1940 name section lists Doris Wood at 1035 West Pender Street, a teacher at the Maxine Beauty School.
Today
The City no longer lists 169 West Pender, 1033 West Pender and 1035 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wood Mrs —169 West Pender, p. 671
- Wood Walter W chauf Devonshire Cab Serv1033 West Pender, p. 672
- Wood Doris tchr Maxine Beauty Sch1035 West Pender, p. 671
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.