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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Setos

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Seto at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Setos 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

    1142 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • M Seto, a student at UBC 1940
    • Wilfred B T Seto 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Lubin at 1140 and Mrs K Miller at 1144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    629 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • I Seto 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Watanabe at 627 and I Aaki at 633. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    853 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G Seto 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 851 and T Kett at 867. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) 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 M Seto at 1142 Cardero Street; 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 More Seto there as the householder, with M Geraldine Seto, a student at UBC, and Wilfred B T Seto. In 1940 the directory lists I Seto at 629 East Cordova Street.

G Seto is listed at 853 East Georgia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gock Seto there as the householder.

Today

853 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1142 Cardero and 629 East Cordova, 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.

The book of the Setos

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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.