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The Spooners

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Spooner at eight 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 Spooners 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

    272 Cassiar Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Spooner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Murphy at 270. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2715 East 56th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • R W Spooner, a driver 1940
    • Ivy L Spooner 1940

    Next door in 1940: G McRae at 2711 and Mrs N Edwards at 2723. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2081 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J Spooner, a fitter at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Bell at 2035 and W C Marshall at 2087. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    672 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Spooner, proprietor of Georgia Cleaners 1940
    • George A W Spooner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Parking Devonshire at 666. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    646 Semlin Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Leonard J Spooner, a cement worker for W Sanderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Bowell at 634 and M Ricci at 696. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2735 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Charles H Spooner, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Ackery at 2731 and T Dugan at 2737. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E J Spooner, a log department at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    663 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs E M Spooner, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Sauder at 653 and F W Hahne at 695. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a cement worker, a driver, a fitter, a log department, a proprietor and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise (2), Downtown, Fairview, South Cambie 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 R Spooner at 272 Cassiar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ralph Spooner there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R W Spooner at 2715 East 56th 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 Spooner there as the householder, a driver, with Ivy L Spooner.

In 1940 the directory lists A J Spooner at 2081 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Spooner there as the householder, a fitter at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists A Spooner at 672 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Spooner there as the householder, proprietor of Georgia Cleaners, with George A W Spooner.

The 1940 name section lists Leonard J Spooner at 646 Semlin Drive, a cement worker for W Sanderson. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Spooner at 2735 Turner Street, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists E J Spooner at 1009 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edwin J Spooner there as the householder, a log department at Canadian White Pine.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E M Spooner at 663 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edith M Spooner there as the householder, widow of W.

Today

646 Semlin Drive and 1009 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1009 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2715 East 56th (2013), 2081 East Pender (2013), 2735 Turner (2005) and 663 West 18th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 272 Cassiar and 672 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.