A family name on West Hastings Street, Downtown
The Richardsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Richardson at four addresses in 1940, all on West Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
101 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss M Richardson, a lending library 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodwin Shoe Co Ltd at 133. The block, door by door
- 2
163 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Richardson, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Clarke B M Ltd at 159 and Copp The Shoe Man at 165. The block, door by door
- 3
675 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- F Richardson, an accountant 1940
Next door in 1940: P Miller at 623 and Bank Royal at 685. The block, door by door
- 4
837 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Russell C Richardson, a manager at Campbell River Timber 1940
Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Miss M Richardson, a lending library, at 101 West Hastings Street. W Richardson, a dentist, is listed at 163 West Hastings Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists F Richardson, an accountant, at 675 West Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Russell C Richardson at 837 West Hastings Street, a manager at Campbell River Timber.
Today
163 West Hastings and 675 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 837 West Hastings (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 101 West Hastings, 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 Miss M lending library101 West Hastings, p. 76
- Richardson W dentist163 West Hastings, p. 76
- Richardson F acct675 West Hastings, p. 79
- Richardson Russell C mgr Campbell River Tbr837 West Hastings, p. 519
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.