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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sextons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Sexton 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 Sextons at 1375 West 67th in 1940.

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Where the Sextons 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

    1656 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edith S Sexton, widow of C E 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M E Drummond at 1650 and V W Groves at 1662. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8606 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J D Sexton, a clerk at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: V G Gammer at 8616. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H C Sexton 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1375 West 67th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • D Sexton, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
    • Margaret P Sexton 1940
    • Vincent Sexton, a driver at Holmes & Wilson 1940
    • William J Sexton, a sheet turner at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Geddes at 1303. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk, a driver, a salesman and a sheet turner. Two of them worked for BC Plywoods. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Downtown 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 Edith S Sexton at 1656 Barclay Street, widow of C E. J D Sexton is listed at 8606 Oak Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John D Sexton there as the householder, a clerk at BC Plywoods. The 1940 name section lists W H C Sexton at 123 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists D Sexton at 1375 West 67th 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 lists David Sexton there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies, with Margaret P Sexton, Vincent Sexton, a driver at Holmes & Wilson, and William J Sexton, a sheet turner at BC Plywoods.

Today

1375 West 67th (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1656 Barclay, 8606 Oak and 123 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Sextons

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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.