A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Richardsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Richardson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 98 other streets too, all listed on the Richardson name's own page.
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Where the Richardsons lived
- 1
575 West 16th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- John Richardson, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Chapman at 569 and L Radelet at 595. The block, door by door
- 2
1082 West 16th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J E Richardson, a salesman 1940
- Lydia K Richardson, widow of F A 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Patzig at 1080. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Richardson at 575 West 16th Avenue, a driver. J E Richardson is listed at 1082 West 16th 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 lists John E Richardson there as the householder, a salesman, with Lydia K Richardson, widow of F A.
Today
575 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1082 West 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Richardson John drvr575 West 16th, p. 519
- *Richardson J E1082 West 16th, p. 223
- Richardson John E slsmn1082 West 16th, p. 519
- Richardson Lydia K wid F A1082 West 16th, p. 519
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Richardsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Richardson 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.