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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Souters

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Souter at ten addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Suter. 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 Souters at 1877 West 8th in 1940.

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Where the Souters 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

    1815 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Arthur L Souter 1940
    • Don L Souter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Ferguson at 1829. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2641 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D W Souter, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: P D Campbell at 2637 and F Piper at 2649. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1656 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Charles Suter, an upholsterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L E Nicholson at 1648. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1012 Richelieu Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R W Suter, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr O De Muth at 1056. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3854 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Elizabeth Souter, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Anderson-Johnson at 3842 and A Agnew at 3858. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3959 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Souter, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Dunmore at 3949. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2906 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Emily F Souter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fanning at 2910. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    423 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Freda D Souter, a clerk at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Simpson at 403 and E H Giles at 427. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1877 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C A Souter 1940
    • Charles E M Souter, a clerk at the Dominion Bank 1940
    • Kathleen E M Souter, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Hillier at 1873 and S Cliffe at 1885. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    300 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Suter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Churchill at 304. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 13: a clerk (3), a bookkeeper, a saleswoman and an upholsterer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy and West End. 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 Arthur L Souter at 1815 Alberni Street as the householder, with Don L Souter. D W Souter is listed at 2641 Eton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Doug W Souter there as the householder, a bookkeeper. The 1940 name section lists Charles Suter at 1656 Graveley Street, an upholsterer.

In 1940 the directory lists R W Suter at 1012 Richelieu 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 lists Robert W Suter there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Souter at 3854 West 18th Avenue, widow of F.

W Souter is listed at 3959 West 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Souter there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Emily F Souter at 2906 West 5th Avenue as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Freda D Souter at 423 West 6th Avenue, a clerk at the Province.

C A Souter is listed at 1877 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Souter there as the householder, with Charles E M Souter, a clerk at the Dominion Bank, and Kathleen E M Souter, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists George Suter at 300 West Georgia Street.

Today

3959 West 35th and 2906 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2906 West 5th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2641 Eton (2002), 1012 Richelieu (1950), 3854 West 18th (1964) and 300 West Georgia (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1815 Alberni, 1656 Graveley, 423 West 6th and 1877 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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 Souters

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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.