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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Simmerses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Simmers 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 Simmerses 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

    1033 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • G Simmers, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Kenny at 1031 and bonaventure apts at 1041. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret S Simmers, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1425 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Harry R Simmers, a plumbing inspector at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Suttie at 1435. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    622 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G R Simmers, a lessee at the City Hall Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pritchard at 614 and E H Rowe at 630. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2323 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A L Simmers, of Valetor Cleaners & Dyers 1940
    • Mrs L Viola Simmers, of Valetor Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Christie at 2319 and Miss A R Aitken at 2333. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    676 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Walter Simmers, a service station attendant 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Dairon at 658 and beaumont block at 686. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a lessee, a nurse, a plumbing inspector and a service station attendant. Two of them worked for Valetor Cleaners & Dyers.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), West End (2), Arbutus Ridge and South Cambie. 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 G Simmers, rooms to let, at 1033 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Simmers there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists Margaret S Simmers at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Harry R Simmers at 1425 West 13th Avenue as the householder, a plumbing inspector at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Simmers at 622 West 20th 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 George R Simmers there as the householder, a lessee at the City Hall Service. In 1940 the directory lists A L Simmers at 2323 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists A Leslie Simmers there as the householder, of Valetor Cleaners & Dyers, with Mrs L Viola Simmers, of Valetor Cleaners & Dyers.

The 1940 name section lists Walter Simmers at 676 West 8th Avenue, a service station attendant.

Today

622 West 20th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1033 Comox, 1056 Comox, 1425 West 13th, 2323 West 41st and 676 West 8th, 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, 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.