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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sauls

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Saul at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Sauls 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

    1274 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Constance E Saul, a stenographer 1940
    • Eleanor A Saul, widow of H C 1940

    Next door in 1940: moxam (the) at 1260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    977 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Julia E Saul, widow of M K 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Evans at 955 and W G Simpson at 985. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1021 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Tom Saul, a salesman at the General Bus Exchange 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kit Kat Coffee Shop at 1019 and glenora at 1023. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3442 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E K Saul, an engineer at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Stewart at 3426 and G Duncan at 3458. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an engineer, a salesman and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Constance E Saul at 1274 Barclay Street, a stenographer, with Eleanor A Saul, widow of H C. The 1940 name section lists Julia E Saul at 977 Broughton Street, widow of M K. The 1940 name section lists Tom Saul at 1021 Robson Street, a salesman at the General Bus Exchange.

E K Saul is listed at 3442 West 34th Avenue 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 Edwin K Saul there as the householder, an engineer at the BC Telephone.

Today

977 Broughton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1274 Barclay (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1021 Robson and 3442 West 34th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1274 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Sauls

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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.