A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Strouds
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Stroud at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Strouds lived
- 1
779 Bute Street
Downtown, 1940
- John C Stroud, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 759 and reo (the) at 787. The block, door by door
- 2
110 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R E Stroud, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Mason at 106 and 6 listings at 124. The block, door by door
- 3
1270 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- William Stroud 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Stratton at 1268 and altamont the at 1284. The block, door by door
- 4
- 5
1100 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Lillian A Stroud 1940
Next door in 1940: Montreal Fin Corpn at 1104. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a longshoreman (2) and a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), West End (2) 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 John C Stroud at 779 Bute Street, a longshoreman. R E Stroud is listed at 110 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists R E Stroud there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists William Stroud at 1270 Nelson Street.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M M Stroud at 1373 Nicola Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marjorie M Stroud there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Nova Scotia. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian A Stroud at 1100 West Hastings Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 779 Bute, 110 East 8th, 1270 Nelson, 1373 Nicola and 1100 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Stroud John C lngshmn779 Bute, p. 593
- Stroud R E110 East 8th, p. 193
- Stroud R E lngshmn110 East 8th, p. 593
- Stroud Wm1270 Nelson, p. 593
- Stroud Mrs M M1373 Nicola, p. 120
- Stroud Mrs Marjorie M clk Bk of NS1373 Nicola, p. 593
- Stroud Mrs Lillian A1100 West Hastings, p. 593
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Strouds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Stroud name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.