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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Savilles

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Saville at ten addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Savill. 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 Savilles at 901 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Savilles 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

    2812 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Alfred Saville, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wright at 2840. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1004 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Freda M Saville 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zero at 1028. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1345 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Saville, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Madsen at 1339 and F Shoemaker at 1365. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1942 East 40th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A M Savill, widow of F F 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Backhouse at 1928 and J Wheeler at 1952. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    819 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F F Saville, widow of A 1940
    • Doris F Savile, a telegraph operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J F O Margetson at 805. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2614 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Leonard Saville 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Jones at 2608 and W McClelland at 2618. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1758 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P S Saville, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McKinnon at 1744. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    901 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs F I Saville, widow of W 1940
    • John W Saville, a shift foreman at BC Motor Transportation 1940
    • Joyce M Saville, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McBride at 925. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3804 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • George Saville, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Bell at 3808. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2716 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Saville 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Weatherup at 2710 and E O Johnson at 2724. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 13: an accountant, a carpenter, a painter, a shift foreman, a stenographer and a telegraph operator. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Alfred Saville at 2812 Alberta Street, an accountant. The 1940 name section lists Freda M Saville at 1004 East 33rd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists A Saville at 1345 East 33rd 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 lists Alfred Saville there as the householder, a painter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Savill at 1942 East 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Savill there as the householder, widow of F F. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F F Saville at 819 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section lists Florence F Savile there as the householder, widow of A, with Doris F Savile, a telegraph operator.

The 1940 name section lists W Leonard Saville at 2614 Ontario Street. P S Saville is listed at 1758 Venables Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy S Saville there as the householder, a carpenter.

Mrs F I Saville is listed at 901 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Florence I Saville there as the householder, widow of W, with John W Saville, a shift foreman at BC Motor Transportation, and Joyce M Saville, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists George Saville at 3804 West 14th Avenue, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Saville at 2716 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John H Saville there as the householder.

Today

2812 Alberta, 1004 East 33rd, 1345 East 33rd, 1758 Venables, 3804 West 14th and 2716 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1758 Venables on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1942 East 40th, 819 Nicola, 2614 Ontario and 901 West 10th, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.