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The Scrutons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Scruton at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Scrutons 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

    1560 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Scruton, a timekeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Rothenburger at 1548. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    421 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S B Scruton, a millworker at Evans Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O Roberts at 419 and C Waine at 423. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    341 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A G Scruton 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Furu at 337 and Lee Gee Dang at 343. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    915 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Lawrence Scruton, a swamper at Sterling Certified Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Caswell at 905 and T E Ward at 917. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3159 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E Scruton, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Prout at 3149 and A E Hamer at 3171. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a millworker, a swamper and a timekeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, South Cambie and Strathcona. 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 Scruton at 1560 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ralph Scruton there as the householder, a timekeeper. In 1940 the directory lists S B Scruton at 421 East 20th 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 Sterling B Scruton there as the householder, a millworker at Evans Products.

The 1940 name section lists A G Scruton at 341 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence Scruton at 915 West 17th Avenue, a swamper at Sterling Certified Fuel. In 1940 the directory lists E Scruton at 3159 West 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin Scruton there as the householder, retired.

Today

1560 East 18th, 421 East 20th, 341 East Hastings and 915 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946, 341 East Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3159 West 28th (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.