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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Woodbridges

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Woodbridge at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Woodbridges lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5407 Cecil Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H W Woodbridge 1940
    • Norman C Woodbridge, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hamilton at 5433. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3303 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H W Woodbridge, in shoes 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Gibb at 3301 and A Scott at 3305. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5964 Ormidale Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • L Woodbridge, a clerk for A B Balderston 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacKenzie at 5960 and P T Stanley at 5976. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3790 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • William Woodbridge, a meat cutter at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A MacLeod at 3780. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk (2) and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Killarney and Riley Park. 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 H W Woodbridge at 5407 Cecil Street; 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 Norman C Woodbridge there, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H W Woodbridge, in shoes, at 3303 Kingsway.

L Woodbridge is listed at 5964 Ormidale Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leslie Woodbridge there as the householder, a clerk for A B Balderston. The 1940 name section lists William Woodbridge at 3790 Quebec Street, a meat cutter at Safeway.

Today

5407 Cecil and 3790 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946; 5964 Ormidale (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3303 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.