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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Saints

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Saint at five addresses in 1940 in four 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: four Saints at 428 East 5th in 1940.

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Where the Saints 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

    2648 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John B Saint, an engineer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev Mrs E M Paul at 2632. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7801 Argyle Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • C Saint, a nurseryman 1940
  3. 3

    1154 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Saint (no first name printed), a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Withers at 1148 and D Paterson at 1156. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    428 East 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Saint, proprietor of Western Feed 1940
    • Delma M Saint 1940
    • Nancy C Saint, a bookkeeper 1940
    • Vivian M Saint, a saleswoman at Georgia Hotel News Stand 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Atkinson at 414 and H & H Box Works at 436. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3910 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H L Saint, proprietor of Lions Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Poy Chew Co at 3900 and Mrs E Bell at 3914. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a proprietor (2), a bookkeeper, an engineer, a nurseryman and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Riley Park and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 John B Saint at 2648 Alberta Street, an engineer at the Canadian Government. C Saint, a nurseryman, is listed at 7801 Argyle 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 Charles Saint there as the householder, a nurseryman. The 1940 name section lists Saint (no first name printed) at 1154 Burrard Street, a widow.

In 1940 the directory lists J Saint at 428 East 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jabez Saint there as the householder, proprietor of Western Feed, with Delma M Saint, Nancy C Saint, a bookkeeper, and Vivian M Saint, a saleswoman at Georgia Hotel News Stand. In 1940 the directory lists H L Saint at 3910 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Howard L Saint there as the householder, proprietor of Lions Confectionery.

Today

2648 Alberta still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 7801 Argyle (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1154 Burrard, 428 East 5th and 3910 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

The book of the Saints

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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.