Vancouver / Names / S / Snowden

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Snowdens

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Snowden at six 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. The most under one roof: three Snowdens at 5216 Bursill in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Snowdens 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

    5216 Bursill Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A E Snowden, a janitor 1940
    • Amy G Snowden 1940
    • Walter W Snowden, a cook at Bain's Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Green at 5206 and Mrs C M Odell at 5226. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3480 East 54th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • T W Snowden, a poultryman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Gray at 3436. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1431 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Jane Snowden 1940

    Next door in 1940: normandie at 1425 and H McLean at 1435. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    451 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs A Snowden, in produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Library Annex Van Pub at 431. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1813 Morton Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Snowden 1940

    Next door in 1940: English Bay Shoe Repreg at 1807 and S Bozman at 1835. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    624 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Snowden, a janitor at Rendell Tractor & Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Smith at 614 and R Clements at 636. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a janitor (2), a cook and a poultryman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Fairview, Killarney, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 E Snowden at 5216 Bursill Street; 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 Albert E Snowden there as the householder, a janitor, with Amy G Snowden, and Walter W Snowden, a cook at Bain's Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists T W Snowden at 3480 East 54th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Snowden there as the householder, a poultryman.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jane Snowden at 1431 Haro Street. Mrs A Snowden, in produce, is listed at 451 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary Snowden at 1813 Morton Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Snowden at 624 West 12th Avenue, a janitor at Rendell Tractor & Equipment.

Today

1431 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1903 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 5216 Bursill, 3480 East 54th, 451 Main, 1813 Morton and 624 West 12th, 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

The book of the Snowdens

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Snowden name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.