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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Southworths

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Southworth at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Southworths 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

    1933 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs I I B Southworth 1940
    • Ora Southworth, proprietor of Vic Beauty Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Kirby at 1927 and T Ohora at 1943. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    67 East 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Bessie E Southworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Rushton at 61. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1258 East King Edward Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Southworth, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hunter at 1250. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    776 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Southworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: Morgan & Co at 766 and 8 listings at 782. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3395 Price Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J R Southworth, a police officer at the Union Steamship Company 1940
    • Elizabeth Southworth, a parceller at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Koiwai at 3377. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3973 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Southworth, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Hilda R Southworth, a stenographer at Enamel & Heating Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Bailey at 3969 and N L Woodruff at 3983. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: an employee, a laborer, a parceller, a police officer, a proprietor and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Mrs I I B Southworth at 1933 Charles 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 Mrs Irene I B Southworth there as the householder, with Ora Southworth, proprietor of Vic Beauty Shop. The 1940 name section lists Bessie E Southworth at 67 East 3rd Avenue.

C Southworth is listed at 1258 East King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles Southworth there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists J Southworth at 776 Homer Street.

In 1940 the directory lists J R Southworth at 3395 Price Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James R Southworth there as the householder, a police officer at the Union Steamship Company, with Elizabeth Southworth, a parceller at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists J Southworth at 3973 West 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Southworth there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with Hilda R Southworth, a stenographer at Enamel & Heating Products.

Today

1933 Charles and 1258 East King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 3973 West 20th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 67 East 3rd, 776 Homer and 3395 Price, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1933 Charles: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.