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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shortreeds

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Shortreed at six 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.

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Where the Shortreeds 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

    144 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William Shortreid 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Solomon at 138 and donna-conna apts at 148. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    300 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W A Shortreed, retired 1940
    • Louis B Shortreed, an apprentice at Johnston Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Shortreed at 306. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    306 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Shortreed, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Shortreed at 300 and W V T Green at 350. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1176 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lily Shortreed, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D Pasqualotto at 1172 and Mrs V Buckley at 1180. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3075 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R R Shortreed, a cement contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Tait at 3057 and S Smith at 3093. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R D Shortreed, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an apprentice, a cement contractor and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Downtown (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 William Shortreid at 144 East 6th Avenue. W A Shortreed is listed at 300 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William A Shortreed there as the householder, retired, with Louis B Shortreed, an apprentice at Johnston Motor.

R Shortreed is listed at 306 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Shortreed there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Lily Shortreed at 1176 Richards Street as the householder, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists R R Shortreed, a cement contractor, at 3075 West 32nd 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 Robert R Shortreed there, a cement contractor. In 1940 the directory lists R D Shortreed, a dentist, at 925 West Georgia Street.

Today

144 East 6th and 3075 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 306 East 6th (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 300 East 6th, 1176 Richards and 925 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.