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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sleighs

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Sleigh 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. The most under one roof: three Sleighs at 357 East 44th in 1940.

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Where the Sleighs 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

    357 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A H Sleigh, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Elizabeth Sleigh, a saleswoman 1940
    • Frederick Sleigh, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Hickling at 349 and F W Gilbert at 365. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8116 Laburnum Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E M Sleigh, a steamship inspector at the Canadian Government 1940
  3. 3

    4564 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Sleigh, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Dorothy R Sleigh, a stenographer at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Marion V Sleigh, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Beaumont at 4554 and G A Kennedy at 4572. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2871 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G P Sleigh, an accountant at Empire Mercury Mines 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Garner at 2867 and T Nishimura at 2881. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all eight: a conductor (2), an accountant, a jeweller, an operator, a saleswoman and a steamship inspector, among others. Some worked for the same employer: two for BC Electric Railway and two for BC Telephone.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 A H Sleigh at 357 East 44th 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 Arthur H Sleigh there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Elizabeth Sleigh, a saleswoman, and Frederick Sleigh, a jeweller. In 1940 the directory lists E M Sleigh at 8116 Laburnum Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward M Sleigh there as the householder, a steamship inspector at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists F Sleigh at 4564 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred Sleigh there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Dorothy R Sleigh, a stenographer at the BC Telephone, and Marion V Sleigh, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists G P Sleigh at 2871 West Broadway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George P Sleigh there as the householder, an accountant at Empire Mercury Mines.

Today

357 East 44th and 8116 Laburnum still have their buildings from before 1946; 4564 Prince Albert (1986) and 2871 West Broadway (1960) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Sleighs

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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.