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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Silvers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Silver at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Silvers 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

    1226 Frances Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • N W Silver, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Zowniruk at 1222 and W Vogt at 1236. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1120 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Star Silver, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Daem at 1118 and Moore's Clng & Dyeing at 1122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1203 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • David Silver, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fane's Ltd at 1209. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4969 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G W Silver, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Grice at 4957. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    119 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Silver, a carpenter at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940
    • Ethel M Silver, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Flynn at 117 and W J Bell at 123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter (2), a confectioner, a laborer, a motorman and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Strathcona 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 N W Silver at 1226 Frances 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 Neil W Silver there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Star Silver at 1120 Robson Street, a confectioner. The 1940 name section lists David Silver at 1203 Seymour Street, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists G W Silver at 4969 Walden Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George W Silver there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists W Silver at 119 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Silver there as the householder, a carpenter at the Canadian (BC) Telephone, with Ethel M Silver, a school teacher.

Today

1203 Seymour and 119 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1226 Frances (1973) and 4969 Walden (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1120 Robson, so that building is 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, street section

The book of the Silvers

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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.