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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Southeys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Southey 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 Southeys at 2395 West 4th in 1940.

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Where the Southeys 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

    2595 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H W Southey, a salesman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Anderson at 2587. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1336 Grant Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E A Southey, a helper at Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Abel at 1328 and H W Morgan at 1338. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2432 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J H Southey, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Bolton at 2412 and R Pearson at 2444. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2395 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A George Southey, a mate at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940
    • A Lillian Southey, a branch manager at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940
    • Ellen Southey, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: S O Parker at 2385. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a branch manager, an electrician, a helper, a mate and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise 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 H W Southey at 2595 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert W Southey there as the householder, a salesman at the Province. In 1940 the directory lists E A Southey at 1336 Grant Street. The 1940 name section lists Edgar A Southey there as the householder, a helper at Ford Motor.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Southey at 2432 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John H Southey there as the householder, an electrician. The 1940 name section lists A George Southey at 2395 West 4th Avenue as the householder, a mate at Pacific Coyle Navigation, with A Lillian Southey, a branch manager at Canadian Wind Bakeries, and Ellen Southey, widow of W H.

Today

2595 East 6th and 1336 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2432 West 41st and 2395 West 4th, 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

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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.