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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Woodses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Woods at three addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Woodses at 1900 West Broadway in 1940. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Woods name's own page.

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Where the Woodses 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

    1900 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Woods, a gardener 1940
    • Mrs Annie E Woods, proprietor of Mrs Woods Flower Shop 1940
    • Calvin Woods, a clerk at Consolidated Grocery 1940
    • Edna B Woods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss S A Diament at 1926. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3664 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J D Woods, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: D G Law at 3656 and A Cumming at 3666. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3768 West Broadway

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S C Woods, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Witherspoon at 3756 and M Henry at 3780. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk, a fisherman, a gardener, a mechanic and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists T Woods at 1900 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Woods there as the householder, a gardener, with Mrs Annie E Woods, proprietor of Mrs Woods Flower Shop, Calvin Woods, a clerk at Consolidated Grocery, and Edna B Woods. In 1940 the directory lists J D Woods at 3664 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Jack D Woods there as the householder, a fisherman.

In 1940 the directory lists S C Woods at 3768 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists S Clif Woods there as the householder, a mechanic.

Today

3768 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1918 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1900 West Broadway and 3664 West Broadway, so those buildings are 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

The book of the Woodses

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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.