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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Spratts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Spratt at six addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Sproatt. 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 Spratts 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

    536 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Marjorie I Spratt, a labeller at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Grundy at 534 and W F Spina at 540. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5757 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R M Spratt 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Clark at 5779. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    742 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Seymour Spratt 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H B Ewing at 736 and A MacKenzie at 744. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1117 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Henry Spratt, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Anderson at 1101 and Mrs A S Lewis at 1121. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3541 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Sproatt, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W B Protheroe at 3537 and W H Foulkes at 3543. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3081 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Caroline Spratt, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D C Edgar at 3067 and W J Fisk at 3091. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a labeller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Mount Pleasant. 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 Marjorie I Spratt at 536 Drake Street, a labeller at the Pacific Mills. R M Spratt is listed at 5757 Dunbar Street 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 Robert M Spratt there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Seymour Spratt at 742 East 14th Avenue.

The 1940 name section lists Henry Spratt at 1117 Melville Street, retired. A Sproatt is listed at 3541 Point Grey Road in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alan Sproatt there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Caroline Spratt at 3081 West 12th Avenue, widow of G.

Today

5757 Dunbar, 742 East 14th and 3081 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 536 Drake, 1117 Melville and 3541 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 5757 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 5700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Spratts

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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.