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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sissons

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at eight addresses

The directories print 17 people named Sisson at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Sissons at 124 East 8th in 1940.

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Where the Sissons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    58 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Abraham Sisson, proprietor of Sisson's Credit Jewellers 1940
    • Escher Sisson 1940
    • Mrs Helen Sisson, in secretary hand goods 1940
    • Sam Sisson, in secretary hand goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: V R Timms at 54 and D Blevins at 64. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    124 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Sisson, a carpenter 1940
    • Dorothy E Sisson 1940
    • E Ellen Sisson 1940
    • Margaret E Sisson 1940
    • Melvin R Sisson, a messenger 1940

    Next door in 1940: mason lodge at 110 and L T Robinson at 138. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5086 Inverness Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H H Sisson, a laborer 1940
    • James H Sisson 1940
    • Madaline J Sisson, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Lyle at 5096. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    611 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • S Sisson, in secretary hand goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 609 and Pacific Tailors at 615. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6130 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Harry L Sisson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss H K Smith at 6144. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2997 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D Sisson, a salesman for Mrs H Sisson 1940

    Next door in 1940: V P Costello at 2993. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    332 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Mrs S C Sisson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Dickson at 304 and W J E Ramsay at 358. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    76 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs H Sisson, in secretary hand goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Saskatchewan Tailors at 74. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 17: a laborer (2), a secretary hand goods (2), a carpenter, a domestic, a messenger and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Oakridge, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Abraham Sisson at 58 East 6th Avenue, proprietor of Sisson's Credit Jewellers, with Escher Sisson, Mrs Helen Sisson, in secretary hand goods, and Sam Sisson, in secretary hand goods. W Sisson is listed at 124 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Sisson there as the householder, a carpenter, with Dorothy E Sisson, E Ellen Sisson, Margaret E Sisson, and Melvin R Sisson, a messenger.

H H Sisson is listed at 5086 Inverness Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Howard H Sisson there as the householder, a laborer, with James H Sisson, and Madaline J Sisson, a domestic. S Sisson, in secretary hand goods, is listed at 611 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry L Sisson at 6130 Victoria Drive, a laborer.

D Sisson is listed at 2997 West 35th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Sisson there as the householder, a salesman for Mrs H Sisson. Mrs S C Sisson is listed at 332 West 52nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Sisson, in secretary hand goods, at 76 West Cordova Street.

Today

5086 Inverness (2001), 6130 Victoria Drive (1987) and 2997 West 35th (2007) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 58 East 6th, 124 East 8th, 611 Main, 332 West 52nd and 76 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 20 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

The book of the Sissons

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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.