A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 5th 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
2275 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Bertha M Richardson, a secretary at Lightning Creek Gold Mines 1940
Next door in 1940: J F McGuire at 2271 and F Groat at 2281. The block, door by door
- 2
2959 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs I Richardson 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Srigley at 2953 and J P Proulx at 2965. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a secretary.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Bertha M Richardson at 2275 West 5th Avenue, a secretary at Lightning Creek Gold Mines. Mrs I Richardson is listed at 2959 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Isabelle Richardson there as the householder.
Today
2959 West 5th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2275 West 5th, so that building is 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.
- Richardson Mrs Bertha M sec Lightning Creek Gold Mines2275 West 5th, p. 519
- Richardson Mrs I2959 West 5th, p. 185
- Richardson Mrs Isabelle2959 West 5th, 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.