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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sivers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Siver at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Sivers lived

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

    646 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs M W Siver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C McBride at 636 and F L Borthwick at 656. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6832 Knight Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W E Siver, a mechanic 1940
    • Franklin P Siver, retired 1940
  3. 3

    2175 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H G Siver, a driver at Fletcher Wells Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Tiderington at 2173 and C A R Mason at 2177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs M W Siver at 646 East 50th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Margaret W Siver there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W E Siver at 6832 Knight Street. The 1940 name section lists Wilbert E Siver there as the householder, a mechanic, with Franklin P Siver, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists H G Siver at 2175 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Howard G Siver there as the householder, a driver at Fletcher Wells Lumber.

Today

646 East 50th (1972), 6832 Knight (1983) and 2175 West 4th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage
November 1907 George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage. Not at the house at 6832 Knight: no archive photo of the 6800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 330-4. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Sivers

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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.