A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Raleighs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Raleigh at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Raleighs lived
- 1
3156 East 43rd Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- D J Raleigh, a baker at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Toombs at 3106 and J R McIntyre at 3166. The block, door by door
- 2
12 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs M Raleigh, widow of J T 1940
- Elizabeth T Raleigh, a stenographer at Mackay, Smith, Blair 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a baker and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney and Mount Pleasant. 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 D J Raleigh at 3156 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David J Raleigh there as the householder, a baker at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Raleigh at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Marion Raleigh there as the householder, widow of J T, with Elizabeth T Raleigh, a stenographer at Mackay, Smith, Blair.
Today
12 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3156 East 43rd (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Raleigh D J3156 East 43rd, p. 259
- Raleigh David J baker Spencers3156 East 43rd, p. 509
- Raleigh Mrs M12 West 10th, p. 198
- Raleigh Eliz T sten Mackay, Smith, Blair12 West 10th, p. 509
- Raleigh Marion wid J T12 West 10th, p. 509
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Raleighs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Raleigh name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.