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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rivetts

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Rivett at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Rivetts at 2840 Dundas in 1940.

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Where the Rivetts 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

    1133 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Leo Rivet, a cook at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Graham at 1131 and W Fergen at 1135. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2840 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Rivett, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
    • C Norah Rivett, a saleswoman at Guilding & Folley 1940
    • Stella Rivett, a stenographer at Vancouver Welfare Fed 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Branigan at 2834 and A Murray at 2860. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5134 Hoy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G V Rivett 1940
    • Roy V Rivett, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J White at 5148. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1192 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs C Rivett 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Corneno at 1186. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3852 West 17th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs M E Rivett, widow of E J 1940
    • Hazel M Rivett 1940

    Next door in 1940: G G Card at 3848 and T H McCracken at 3864. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1423 Woodland Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Rivett, proprietor of Crown Window Cleaning and Alert Chimney Sweeping 1940
    • Syd Rivett, a window cleaner at Crown Window Cleaning 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Maddick at 1403 and W A Brown at 1431. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a cook (2), a clerk, a proprietor, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a window cleaner. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 Leo Rivet at 1133 Barclay Street, a cook at the Vancouver Hotel. E Rivett is listed at 2840 Dundas Street in 1940; 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 lists Ernest Rivett there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with C Norah Rivett, a saleswoman at Guilding & Folley, and Stella Rivett, a stenographer at Vancouver Welfare Fed.

G V Rivett is listed at 5134 Hoy Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George V Rivett there as the householder, with Roy V Rivett, a cook. Mrs C Rivett is listed at 1192 Richards Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Carin Rivett there as the householder.

Mrs M E Rivett is listed at 3852 West 17th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Rivett there as the householder, widow of E J, with Hazel M Rivett. A Rivett is listed at 1423 Woodland Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Rivett there as the householder, proprietor of Crown Window Cleaning and Alert Chimney Sweeping, with Syd Rivett, a window cleaner at Crown Window Cleaning.

Today

1423 Woodland Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1133 Barclay (1956), 2840 Dundas (1976), 5134 Hoy (2004), 1192 Richards (1995) and 3852 West 17th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 16 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.