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The Salsburys

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at 14 addresses

The directories print 17 people named Salsbury at 14 addresses in 1940 in nine of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Salisbury. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Salsburys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1218 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A E Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Crego at 1200 and G W Smith at 1232. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    629 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Richard Salisbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Trembley at 621 and M Surgeon at 633. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    876 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Selina Salisbury, widow of G B 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Dunn at 866. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    340 East 40th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N G Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Archibald at 326 and H B MacWilliam at 348. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1595 East 41st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G A Salsbury 1940
    • Stan Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Zick at 1583. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1707 East 41st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • C F Salisbury, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F Bourne at 1727. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1779 East 41st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H E Salsbury, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J McAvoy at 1765 and J Smith at 1791. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1447 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Henry Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Carlson at 1445. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    5746 McKinnon Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • Barbara L Salisbury, a stenographer 1940
    • L Evelyne Salisbury, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cronin at 5740 and F Kirby-Curley at 5752. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    5789 McKinnon Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • C G Salisbury, proprietor of Carleton Barber Shop 1940
    • Leonard H Salisbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Gray at 5775. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    872 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Richard Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Cathcart at 864 and A Inglis at 876. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    1365 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John Salisbury, a dispatcher at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Strath at 1357 and T Myles at 1373. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    1835 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: famous shoe renew at 1833 and W G Jennings at 1849. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    3675 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S C Salsbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Coneely at 3651. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the 17: a stenographer (2), a dispatcher, a driver and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (3), Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Killarney (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists A E Salsbury at 1218 Bidwell 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 Richard Salisbury at 629 Cambie Street. The 1940 name section lists Selina Salisbury at 876 East 20th Avenue, widow of G B. N G Salsbury is listed at 340 East 40th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Salsbury at 1595 East 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan Salsbury there. In 1940 the directory lists C F Salisbury at 1707 East 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecil F Salisbury there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists H E Salsbury, a grocer, at 1779 East 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Salsbury at 1447 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Barbara L Salisbury at 5746 McKinnon Street, a stenographer, with L Evelyne Salisbury, a stenographer.

C G Salisbury is listed at 5789 McKinnon Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cecil G Salisbury there as the householder, proprietor of Carleton Barber Shop, with Leonard H Salisbury. The 1940 name section lists Richard Salsbury at 872 Richards Street. The 1940 name section lists John Salisbury at 1365 West 11th Avenue, a dispatcher at the BC Electric Railway.

J W Salsbury is listed at 1835 West 4th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists S C Salsbury at 3675 Windsor Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

340 East 40th, 1447 East Pender and 1365 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 876 East 20th (1972), 1707 East 41st (2004), 1779 East 41st (2011), 5746 McKinnon (1988), 5789 McKinnon (1989), 1835 West 4th (1957) and 3675 Windsor (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1218 Bidwell, 629 Cambie, 1595 East 41st and 872 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.