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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sages

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Sage at four 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 Sages at 4687 West 4th in 1940.

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Where the Sages 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

    4253 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R R Sage 1940
    • James W Sage, a boat builder 1940
  2. 2

    1183 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Patrick Sage, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G M Bridger at 1177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4540 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs C Sage, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Merrick at 4534 and Mrs D M Cooke at 4544. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4687 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W N Sage, a professor at UBC 1940
    • F Margaret Sage, a student at UBC 1940
    • W Don MacK Sage, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F Oakley at 4675 and F G Sherborne at 4697. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a boat builder, a laborer and a professor. Three of them worked for UBC. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Downtown 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 R R Sage at 4253 Fraser Street; 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 James W Sage there, a boat builder. The 1940 name section lists Patrick Sage at 1183 Howe Street, a laborer.

Mrs C Sage is listed at 4540 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte Sage there as the householder, a widow. W N Sage is listed at 4687 West 4th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter N Sage there as the householder, a professor at UBC, with F Margaret Sage, a student at UBC, and W Don MacK Sage, a student at UBC.

Today

4540 West 4th and 4687 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4253 Fraser (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1183 Howe, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Sages

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.