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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stratfords

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Stratford at five 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.

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Where the Stratfords 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

    3741 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H R H Stratford, a mate at North West Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McIlwain at 3759. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    374 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R M Stratford, a machinist at N Vancouver Ship Repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Becklake at 366. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1881 East 34th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F H Stratford, a barge tender at Home Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Marshall at 1869 and R Bartels at 1895. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2103 East 46th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Hugh O Stratford, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Olsen at 2119. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    914 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Richard Stratford, an oiler at Kingsley Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a barge tender, a machinist, a mate and an oiler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown, Riley Park 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 H R H Stratford at 3741 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold R H Stratford there as the householder, a mate at North West Towing. In 1940 the directory lists R M Stratford at 374 East 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ralph M Stratford there as the householder, a machinist at N Vancouver Ship Repairs.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Stratford at 1881 East 34th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Stratford there as the householder, a barge tender at Home Oil. The 1940 name section lists Hugh O Stratford at 2103 East 46th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists Richard Stratford at 914 West Pender Street, an oiler at Kingsley Navigation.

Today

3741 Dumfries still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1881 East 34th (1992) and 2103 East 46th (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 374 East 32nd and 914 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.