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The Sayers

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Sayer at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Sayers lived

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

    1330 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B K Sayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M G Wild at 1324 and G E Humby at 1338. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    755 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Russell Sayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Kuntz at 749 and Mrs H McGuire at 761. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    835 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J W Sayer, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Edy at 823 and E A Rice at 837. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    8222 French Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • H Sayer, a dairyman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Jackson at 8208 and Mrs K Lightbody at 8236. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    7681 Ontario Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J W Sayer, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Rimmer at 7657. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2427 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H J Sayer, proprietor of H J Sayer & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Collcutt at 2403 and E W Holdsworth at 2451. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1949 West 57th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H R Sayer, a manager at Sayer & Son 1940
    • Arthur J Sayer, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Moore at 1931 and V B Hutton at 1967. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    120 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S E Sayer, a helper at Cascade Laundry 1940
    • Leo S Sayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Williams at 116 and A Findlay at 122. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1525 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Frank W G Sayer, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Perry at 1517 and S Abramson at 1533. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1765 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Sayer, retired 1940
    • Wilbert S Sayer, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Towle at 1777. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 13: a carpenter, a dairyman, a helper, a longshoreman, a manager and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Fairview (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Marpole and Sunset. 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 B K Sayer at 1330 Arbutus Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists B Keith Sayer there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Russell Sayer at 755 East 15th Avenue.

J W Sayer is listed at 835 East 15th 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 James W Sayer there as the householder, a carpenter. H Sayer is listed at 8222 French Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Sayer there as the householder, a dairyman at Associated Dairies.

J W Sayer is listed at 7681 Ontario Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Sayer there as the householder, retired. H J Sayer is listed at 2427 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry J Sayer there as the householder, proprietor of H J Sayer & Co.

H R Sayer is listed at 1949 West 57th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry R Sayer there as the householder, a manager at Sayer & Son, with Arthur J Sayer, a longshoreman. S E Sayer is listed at 120 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam E Sayer there as the householder, a helper at Cascade Laundry, with Leo S Sayer.

The 1940 name section lists Frank W G Sayer at 1525 West 7th Avenue, a seaman at the BC Coast Steamship Service. In 1940 the directory lists A Sayer at 1765 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Sayer there as the householder, retired, with Wilbert S Sayer, retired.

Today

755 East 15th, 2427 West 36th and 1949 West 57th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1949 West 57th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1330 Arbutus (1998), 835 East 15th (2007), 8222 French (1986), 7681 Ontario (2015), 1525 West 7th (1956) and 1765 West 8th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 120 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 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.