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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Simes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Sime at five 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 Simes 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

    1328 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W H Sime, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Thompson at 1322 and R Henderson at 1334. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    610 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Edwin M Sime, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Fitch at 600 and G Carr at 614. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    203 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E J Sime, widow of W 1940
    • E Hazel Sime, a typist at Leith & Dyke 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L (side entrance) Pip at 209. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2508 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A B Sime, of Sime Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D McArthur at 2504 and P R Geddes at 2510. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    613 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Sime, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: P C Anderson at 615. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a longshoreman, a salesman and a typist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 W H Sime at 1328 East 12th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter H Sime there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Edwin M Sime at 610 East 14th Avenue, a salesman.

Mrs E J Sime is listed at 203 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth J Sime there as the householder, widow of W, with E Hazel Sime, a typist at Leith & Dyke. A B Sime is listed at 2508 Eton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alan B Sime there as the householder, of Sime Bros.

The 1940 name section lists Robert Sime at 613 Hamilton Street, a longshoreman.

Today

1328 East 12th, 610 East 14th, 203 East 6th and 2508 Eton still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 613 Hamilton, 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

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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.