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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Woodalls

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Woodall at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Woodalls 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

    3776 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs Bertha M Woodall, proprietor of Woodall's Hand Knitting Shop 1940
    • G Emmerson Woodall 1940

    Next door in 1940: P R Edwards at 3726. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1586 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Woodall, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: L M Randall at 1528. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1112 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • William P Woodall 1940

    Next door in 1940: clyde apts at 1116. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2611 Maple Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Woodall 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Haynes at 2655. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1445 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Woodall 1940
    • Beatrice Woodall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M G Erskine at 1435. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4406 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W Woodall, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A McKenzie at 4416. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the eight: a plumber and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Bertha M Woodall at 3776 Blenheim Street, proprietor of Woodall's Hand Knitting Shop, with G Emmerson Woodall. A Woodall is listed at 1586 East 35th Avenue in 1940; 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 Woodall there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists William P Woodall at 1112 Harwood Street.

In 1940 the directory lists F Woodall at 2611 Maple Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Woodall there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Woodall at 1445 Pendrell Street, with Beatrice Woodall.

W Woodall is listed at 4406 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Woodall there as the householder, a plumber.

Today

3776 Blenheim, 1586 East 35th and 4406 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1445 Pendrell (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1112 Harwood and 2611 Maple, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.