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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Woodses

In the city directories 1940 · 67 addresses on 55 streets

The directories print the Woods name at 67 addresses on 55 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Woodses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown9 addresses
  2. Mount Pleasant8 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Fairview6 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  6. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  8. Kitsilano4 addresses
  9. Riley Park4 addresses
  10. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  11. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  12. West Point Grey3 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  14. Killarney2 addresses
  15. Marpole1 address
  16. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; four people: W P Woods, Elsie Woods and John R Woods, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    West BroadwayThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: J D Woods, S C Woods and T Woods, and three more
    1940
  3. 3
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: W W Woods and George Woods
    1940
  4. 4
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Joyce M Woods and Noreen Woods
    1940
  5. 5
    East 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; three people: G Woods, R Woods and Jack W Woods
    1940
  6. 6
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: A C Woods, J A Woods and Syd A Woods
    1940
  7. 7
    East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: Alice E Woods and Mrs Gretchen M Woods
    1940
  8. 8
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Charles Woods and Mrs A Woods
    1940
  9. 9
    Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: F J Woods and Crawley Woods
    1940
  10. 10
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: J G Woods and Mrs C Mary Woods
    1940
  11. 11
    Balsam StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: Mrs E D Woods and Mildred D Woods
    1940
  12. 12
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: A Lorne Woods
    1940

43 more streets, by name: Carrall Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Crown Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Main Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), Moss Street (1), Oak Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Trimble Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 67 addresses, 22 still have their buildings from before 1946, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 27; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.