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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sauers

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Sauer at six 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: three Sauers at 585 East 52nd in 1940.

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Where the Sauers 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

    953 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Sauer, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Brown at 943 and W G Cameron at 963. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1806 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C C Sauer, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Forret at 1846. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    495 East 52nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A O Sauer, of Fraser Bridge Lumber & Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Harris at 485. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    585 East 52nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Sauer, of Fraser Bridge Lumber & Fuel 1940
    • Elsie J Sauer, a saleswoman at Vancouver Fancy Sausages 1940
    • Frieda E Sauer, a branch manager at Vancouver Fancy Sausages 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Prout at 559. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6207 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Sauer, an usher at the Strand Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Stevens at 6217. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    6125 Yew Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C L Sauer, an accountant at the BC Log Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Boardley at 6141. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an accountant, a branch manager, a longshoreman, a painter, a saleswoman and an usher. Some worked for the same employer: two for Fraser Bridge Lumber & Fuel and two for Vancouver Fancy Sausages.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and Mount Pleasant. 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 Sauer at 953 East 12th 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 Richard Sauer there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists C C Sauer at 1806 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Sauer there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists A O Sauer at 495 East 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert O Sauer there as the householder, of Fraser Bridge Lumber & Fuel. In 1940 the directory lists J Sauer at 585 East 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Sauer there as the householder, of Fraser Bridge Lumber & Fuel, with Elsie J Sauer, a saleswoman at Vancouver Fancy Sausages, and Frieda E Sauer, a branch manager at Vancouver Fancy Sausages.

In 1940 the directory lists E Sauer at 6207 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Sauer there as the householder, an usher at the Strand Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists C L Sauer at 6125 Yew Street. The 1940 name section lists Clement L Sauer there as the householder, an accountant at the BC Log Service.

Today

953 East 12th, 495 East 52nd and 6125 Yew still have their buildings from before 1946; 1806 East 35th (1987) and 6207 Prince Albert (1950) have newer buildings, by the City's record; for 585 East 52nd, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.