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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rickettses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Ricketts at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Rickettses at 375 East 17th in 1940.

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Where the Rickettses 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

    375 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Miss A E Ricketts 1940
    • Annie E Ricketts 1940
    • Rosina E Ricketts 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Shergold at 331. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    750 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Herbert W Ricketts, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Castle Cigar Stand at 748 and Mrs M Dickey at 752. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3149 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S F Ricketts, a managing director at S F Ricketts Electric Ltd 1940
    • Don B Ricketts, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Devlin at 3139 and R H Slomen at 3151. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a fireman and a managing director.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 A E Ricketts at 375 East 17th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie E Ricketts there as the householder, with Rosina E Ricketts. The 1940 name section lists Herbert W Ricketts at 750 Granville Street, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

S F Ricketts is listed at 3149 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sid F Ricketts there as the householder, a managing director at S F Ricketts Electric Ltd, with Don B Ricketts, a student.

Today

375 East 17th (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 750 Granville and 3149 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.