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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Seamans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Seaman 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 Seamans 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

    1436 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Don Seaman, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B F Whittaker at 1428 and A M Mantey at 1440. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2385 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T R Seaman, a superintendent for Sigurdson Millwork 1940
    • Laverne B Seaman, a machinist for Sigurdson Millwork 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Griffin at 2375 and K Y Lochhead at 2389. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4409 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F Seaman, a carpenter 1940
    • Arnold Seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Cruise at 4411. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a machinist, a salesman and a superintendent. Two of them worked for Sigurdson Millwork.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in 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 Don Seaman at 1436 Barclay Street, a salesman. T R Seaman is listed at 2385 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas R Seaman there as the householder, a superintendent for Sigurdson Millwork, with Laverne B Seaman, a machinist for Sigurdson Millwork.

F Seaman is listed at 4409 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Fred Seaman there as the householder, a carpenter, with Arnold Seaman.

Today

2385 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 4409 West 11th (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1436 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.