A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Woodyatts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Woodyatt at three 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 Woodyatts lived
- 1
1560 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H P Woodyatt, a shoemaker 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Fluff Rug at 1556 and Maypole Barber Shop at 1588. The block, door by door
- 2
4606 Sophia Street
Riley Park, 1940
- W H Woodyatt, a clipper at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Robertson at 4624. The block, door by door
- 3
1195 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- J W Woodyatt, a longshoreman who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: A Bellerieve at 1191. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clipper, a longshoreman and rooms to let and a shoemaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 P Woodyatt at 1560 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Holly P Woodyatt there as the householder, a shoemaker. In 1940 the directory lists W H Woodyatt at 4606 Sophia Street. The 1940 name section lists William H Woodyatt there as the householder, a clipper at BC Plywoods.
In 1940 the directory lists J W Woodyatt, rooms to let, at 1195 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists John W Woodyatt there, a longshoreman who kept rooms to let.
Today
4606 Sophia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1560 Kingsway and 1195 West Hastings, so those buildings are 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.
- Woodyatt H P1560 Kingsway, p. 98
- Woodyatt Holly P shoemkr1560 Kingsway, p. 674
- Woodyatt W H4606 Sophia, p. 153
- Woodyatt Wm H clipper BC Plywoods4606 Sophia, p. 674
- Woodyatt J W rooms1195 West Hastings, p. 81
- Woodyatt John W lngshmn and rooms1195 West Hastings, p. 674
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.