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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Scoulars

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Scoular at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Scoullar. 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 Scoulars at 2286 East Broadway in 1940.

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Where the Scoulars lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1575 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Chloe Scoular, a maid for J E Feigl 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Frazee at 1551 and J E McMullen at 1599. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2680 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R L Scoullar, who worked for Hayes Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P Wallace at 2648. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2286 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Scoular, a fireman at the CNR 1940
    • Margaret Scoular, a hairdresser for Silhouette Salon 1940
    • Michael Scoular, an optician at Imperial Optical 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Wellburn at 2276 and W F Fiddes at 2296. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1914 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R B Scoular, a pressman at the Point Grey News 1940
    • Myra L Scoullar, a saleswoman at Sunflower Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Dichmont at 1906 and F C Wellman at 1920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: an employee, a fireman, a hairdresser, a maid, an optician and a pressman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 Chloe Scoular at 1575 Angus Drive, a maid for J E Feigl. R L Scoullar is listed at 2680 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy L Scoullar there as the householder, who worked for Hayes Manufacturing.

J Scoular is listed at 2286 East Broadway 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 Scoular there as the householder, an engineer, with John Scoular, a fireman at the CNR, Margaret Scoular, a hairdresser for Silhouette Salon, and Michael Scoular, an optician at Imperial Optical. R B Scoular is listed at 1914 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ralph B Scoullar there as the householder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway, with Ralph B Scoullar Jr, a pressman at the Point Grey News, and Myra L Scoullar, a saleswoman at Sunflower Dairy.

Today

2286 East Broadway and 1914 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946; 1575 Angus Drive (2013) and 2680 East 6th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Scoulars

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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.