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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Richardsons

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Richardson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 19th 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

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

    624 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J D Richardson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J MacMillan at 622 and W G Fournier at 676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2715 West 19th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Joanna Richardson, widow of W A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Ives at 2725. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge 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

In 1940 the directory lists J D Richardson at 624 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John D Richardson there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Joanna Richardson at 2715 West 19th Avenue, widow of W A.

Today

The City no longer lists 624 West 19th and 2715 West 19th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Richardsons

Every directory, as one book

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.