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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Snooks

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Snook at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Snooks 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

    1780 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • D J Snook, a woodworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L E Jackson at 1768 and A Olson at 1796. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1935 East 63rd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J B Snook, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lane at 1947. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    338 Kingsway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Snook, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Levasseur at 344. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2286 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F O Snook, a collector at Woodworth & Woodworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Green at 2276 and L P Rogers at 2292. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1590 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Emma Snook 1940

    Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a collector, a cook and a woodworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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

In 1940 the directory lists D J Snook at 1780 East 35th 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 Don J Snook there as the householder, a woodworker. In 1940 the directory lists J B Snook at 1935 East 63rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John B Snook there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J Snook at 338 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists John Snook there as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists F O Snook at 2286 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick O Snook there as the householder, a collector at Woodworth & Woodworth.

The 1940 name section lists Emma Snook at 1590 West 15th Avenue.

Today

1590 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1780 East 35th (1966) and 2286 West 13th (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1935 East 63rd and 338 Kingsway, so those buildings are 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

The book of the Snooks

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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.