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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sheridans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Sheridan at six 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 Sheridans 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

    1630 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • R M Sheridan 1940
    • R Brown Sheridan, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McQueen at 1622 and D MacKinlay at 1636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3005 East 20th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Sheridan, an operator at Leckie 1940
    • Richard Sheridan, an operator at Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Bowden at 3047. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2635 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J T Sheridan, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H S Spiers at 2627 and Mrs A M Birnie at 2645. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3535 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R H Sheridan, a principal adult education at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Kaufmann at 3529 and S Chatwin at 3543. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    535 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J T Sheridan, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sales Addressograph-Multigraph at 525 and J E Baldwin at 541. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    18 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Sheridan, an engineer at Burns Block 1940

    Next door in 1940: Spotlight Mkt at 16 and Beacon Theatre at 20. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an operator (2), an engineer, a principal adult education, a salesman and a tobacco. Two of them worked for Leckie.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Renfrew-Collingwood 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 R M Sheridan at 1630 Davie 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 Robert M Sheridan there as the householder, with R Brown Sheridan, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists J Sheridan at 3005 East 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Sheridan there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with James B Sheridan, an operator at Leckie, and Richard Sheridan, an operator at Leckie.

In 1940 the directory lists J T Sheridan at 2635 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James T Sheridan there as the householder, in tobacco. In 1940 the directory lists R H Sheridan at 3535 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard H Sheridan there as the householder, a principal adult education at the BC Government.

In 1940 the directory lists J T Sheridan, in tobacco, at 535 West Georgia Street. J Sheridan is listed at 18 West Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Sheridan there as the householder, an engineer at Burns Block.

Today

2635 West 12th, 3535 West 2nd and 18 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1630 Davie, 3005 East 20th and 535 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.