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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sturrocks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Sturrock at six 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 Sturrocks 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

    1112 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Don F Sturrock, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Gillespie at 1118. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1018 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex Sturrock, proprietor of Alex Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    838 Smithe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J H Sturrock, a clerk at the West Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Whitlam at 826 and A C Terryberry at 850. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1405 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R G Sturrock, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr G P Dunne at 1415. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2908 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Y Sturrock, proprietor of Devon Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 2906 and West Produce at 2912. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3410 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Sturrock, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Forsgren at 3404 and W H Holmes at 3414. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a proprietor (2), a clerk, a fireman and a master mariner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Shaughnessy 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 Don F Sturrock at 1112 Cardero Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Alex Sturrock at 1018 Granville Street, proprietor of Alex Lunch. In 1940 the directory lists J H Sturrock at 838 Smithe Street. The 1940 name section lists John H Sturrock there as the householder, a clerk at the West Hotel, with John Sturrock, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists R G Sturrock at 1405 West 40th 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 G Sturrock there as the householder, a master mariner. In 1940 the directory lists W Y Sturrock at 2908 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Y Sturrock there as the householder, proprietor of Devon Confectionery.

In 1940 the directory lists A Sturrock at 3410 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Abram Sturrock there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1018 Granville, 1405 West 40th and 3410 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1112 Cardero and 838 Smithe, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 2908 West 4th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.