A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Seales
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Seale at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Seales lived
- 1
3605 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- L T Seale 1940
- Leslie F Seale, a salesman at Fleck Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: S Connolly at 3603 and W Anderson at 3627. The block, door by door
- 2
1419 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E A Seale, widow of W G 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Kennedy at 1415 and Mrs M Paterson at 1433. The block, door by door
- 3
559 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Frederick Seale, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Nunnerley at 551 and J W McMeekin at 567. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman (2). One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 L T Seale at 3605 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leslie F Seale there as the householder, a salesman at Fleck Bros. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E A Seale at 1419 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Ethel A Seale there as the householder, widow of W G.
The 1940 name section lists Frederick Seale at 559 West 10th Avenue, a salesman.
Today
The City no longer lists 3605 Commercial, 1419 Nelson and 559 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Seale L T3605 Commercial, p. 34
- Seale Leslie F slsmn Fleck Bros3605 Commercial, p. 550
- Seale Mrs E A1419 Nelson, p. 119
- Seale Ethel A wid W G1419 Nelson, p. 550
- Seale Fredk slsmn559 West 10th, p. 550
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Seales
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Seale name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.