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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Secords

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Secord 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 Secords 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

    220 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W E Secord, a deckhand at Commodore Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Machida at 230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    483 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W E Secord, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Foster at 493. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1332 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Laura Secord, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Van Kerkhoff at 1310 and Gifford Hotel at 1348. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3519 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Secord, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Beeton at 3513 and C E Tyson at 3523. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    644 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Marie Secord 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Shrimpton at 642 and Miss E Wolfe at 646. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a deckhand, a decorator, a longshoreman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Strathcona, Sunset 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists W E Secord at 220 Alexander Street, a deckhand at Commodore Towing. W E Secord is listed at 483 East 50th 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 William E Secord there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Laura Secord at 1332 Robson Street, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores.

In 1940 the directory lists G Secord at 3519 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Secord there as the householder, a decorator. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marie Secord at 644 West Broadway.

Today

220 Alexander and 3519 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 483 East 50th (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1332 Robson and 644 West Broadway, so those buildings are 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

The book of the Secords

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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.