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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Woodheads

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Woodhead at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Woodheads 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

    288 East 1st Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Woodhead, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Scott at 284 and Dawson Art Stone Wks at 294. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    20 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs I Woodhead, widow of J W 1940

    Next door in 1940: N E Symonds at 12 and J A McIvor at 34. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1325 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • N J Woodhead, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss S Gibson at 1331. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1545 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T W Woodhead, a school principal 1940
    • Evelyn E Woodhead, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen margaret apts at 1535 and regina (the) at 1555. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a laborer, a school principal and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Strathcona, Sunset and West End. 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 Woodhead at 288 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Woodhead there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I Woodhead at 20 East 50th 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 lists Isabel Woodhead there as the householder, widow of J W.

In 1940 the directory lists N J Woodhead at 1325 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Neville J Woodhead there as the householder, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. In 1940 the directory lists T W Woodhead at 1545 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Woodhead there as the householder, a school principal, with Evelyn E Woodhead, a school teacher.

Today

1325 Pendrell and 1545 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 20 East 50th (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 288 East 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.