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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sedawies

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Sedawie at four 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. The most under one roof: four Sedawies at 525 West Broadway in 1940.

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Where the Sedawies 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

    922 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F N Sedawie, a driver at Acme Towel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Boyd at 916 and A F Clark at 930. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1737 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Selma Sedawie, widow of M 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Evers at 1729 and G C Cliff at 1743. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    101 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Yvonne B Sedawie, a housekeeper for O Dumont 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Rulens at 105. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    525 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Sedawie 1940
    • Anthony Sedawie, a laborer 1940
    • Mary Sedawie, who worked for C N Institute 1940
    • Nicholas Sedawie, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rosemary Cafe at 523 and Mrs D Bisset at 531. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a decorator, a driver, an employee, a housekeeper and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 F N Sedawie at 922 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick N Sedawie there, a driver at Acme Towel. The 1940 name section lists Selma Sedawie at 1737 East 11th Avenue, widow of M. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Yvonne B Sedawie at 101 East Broadway, a housekeeper for O Dumont.

In 1940 the directory lists G Sedawie at 525 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists George Sedawie there as the householder, with Anthony Sedawie, a laborer, Mary Sedawie, who worked for C N Institute, and Nicholas Sedawie, a decorator.

Today

922 East 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 101 East Broadway and 525 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1737 East 11th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Sedawies

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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.