A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Silvertons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Silverton at four 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 Silvertons lived
- 1
1849 East Pender Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- William Silverton, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L W Churchill at 1851. The block, door by door
- 2
1154 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- Ernest G Silverton, a barrister for Metro Housing 1940
Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door
- 3
3463 Oak Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Walter F Silverton, a secretary at Coast Range Timber 1940
Next door in 1940: bessborough apts at 3411. The block, door by door
- 4
675 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- E G Silverton, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: P Miller at 623 and Bank Royal at 685. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a barrister, a laborer and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Shaughnessy 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 William Silverton at 1849 East Pender Street, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Silverton at 1154 Gilford Street, a barrister for Metro Housing. The 1940 name section lists Walter F Silverton at 3463 Oak Street, a secretary at Coast Range Timber. E G Silverton, a barrister, is listed at 675 West Hastings Street in 1940.
Today
1154 Gilford and 675 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3463 Oak (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1849 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Silverton Wm lab EC&E1849 East Pender, p. 560
- Silverton Ernest G barr 1406, 675 W Hastings and pres Metro Housing1154 Gilford, p. 560
- Silverton Walter F sec Coast Range Tbr3463 Oak, p. 560
- Silverton E G barr675 West Hastings, p. 79
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Silvertons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Silverton name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.