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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sedgwicks

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Sedgwick at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Sedgwicks 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

    1055 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T J Sedgwick, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Thomas at 1045 and G V Sturlee at 1065. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2791 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Sedgwick, a clerk at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Scouse at 2781. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2756 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H J Sedgwick, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: W K Glass at 2746 and J Semple at 2766. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    626 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H J Sedgwick, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: richards akroyd & gall at 614 and bk of montreal chambers at 640. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a barrister, a clerk and a conductor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 T J Sedgwick at 1055 West 15th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas J Sedgwick there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists E Sedgwick at 2791 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Sedgwick there as the householder, a clerk at American Can.

In 1940 the directory lists H J Sedgwick at 2756 West 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harvey J Sedgwick there as the householder, a barrister. In 1940 the directory lists H J Sedgwick, a barrister, at 626 West Pender Street.

Today

2791 West 15th and 626 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, 626 West Pender on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1055 West 15th (1998) and 2756 West 30th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, street section

The book of the Sedgwicks

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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.