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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wooderses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Wooders at two addresses in 1940 in Sunset. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wooderses at 475 East 58th in 1940.

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Where the Wooderses 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

    342 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F T Wooders, a carpenter at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • K Marjorie Wooders 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J W Adkins at 336 and W Reading at 350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    475 East 58th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A W Wooders, a gardener 1940
    • Sarah Wooders, widow of J 1940
    • Sid A Wooders, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Housman at 455 and J Kolodzaj at 485. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a carpenter, a fireman and a gardener. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (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 F T Wooders at 342 East 46th 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 Frederick T Wooders there as the householder, a carpenter at the City of Vancouver, with K Marjorie Wooders. In 1940 the directory lists A W Wooders at 475 East 58th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex W Wooders there as the householder, a gardener, with Sarah Wooders, widow of J, and Sid A Wooders, a fireman.

Today

342 East 46th (1987) and 475 East 58th (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Wooderses

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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.