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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Spouses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Spouse at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Spouses 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

    1175 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Spouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M K Milliken at 1165 and 11 listings at 1185. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3556 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F A Spouse, a clerk at Dodwell & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Hopkins at 3550 and A E E Harrow at 3562. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3441 West 16th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M Spouse, a secretary treasurer at Canada Grain Export 1940
    • Louisa Spouse, widow of W M 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Graham at 3451. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a secretary treasurer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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 Mrs Margaret Spouse at 1175 Haro Street. F A Spouse is listed at 3556 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Spouse there as the householder, a clerk at Dodwell & Co.

M Spouse is listed at 3441 West 16th Avenue in 1940; 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 Melville Spouse there as the householder, a secretary treasurer at Canada Grain Export, with Louisa Spouse, widow of W M.

Today

3556 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 1175 Haro (1967) and 3441 West 16th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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

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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.