A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Loveridges
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Loveridge at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Leveridge. 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 Loveridges lived
- 1
718 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- W A Loveridge, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door
- 2
3570 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W A Loveridge, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: H H Church at 3562 and F A R Dobbin at 3578. The block, door by door
- 3
2796 West 37th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- C G E Leveridge, proprietor of D & R Confectionery 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Clancy at 2786. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dentist and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 A Loveridge, a dentist, at 718 Granville Street. W A Loveridge is listed at 3570 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; 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 William A Loveridge there as the householder, a dentist.
C G E Leveridge is listed at 2796 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cyril G E Leveridge there as the householder, proprietor of D & R Confectionery.
Today
3570 West 33rd and 2796 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Loveridge W A dentist718 Granville, p. 64
- *Loveridge W A3570 West 33rd, p. 249
- Loveridge Wm A dentist 703, 718 Granville3570 West 33rd, p. 356
- Leveridge C G E2796 West 37th, p. 253
- Leveridge Cyril G E prop D & R Conf2796 West 37th, p. 346
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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.