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A family name on West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Richardsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Richardson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 4th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Richardsons at 2276 West 4th in 1940. 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

    2276 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Richardson, a flagman at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • Esther Richardson 1940
    • John D Richardson, a messenger at Cunningham Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Falys at 2274 and F Warren at 2278. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3623 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A J Richardson, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Campbell & Castleman at 3621 and Jericho Cleaners at 3625. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a flagman, a messenger and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 A Richardson at 2276 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Richardson there as the householder, a flagman at the National Harbours Board, with Esther Richardson, and John D Richardson, a messenger at Cunningham Drug. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A J Richardson at 3623 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Agnes J Richardson there as the householder, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

The City no longer lists 2276 West 4th and 3623 West 4th, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Richardsons

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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.