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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sudburys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Sudbury 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. The most under one roof: three Sudburys at 3439 Fleming in 1940.

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Where the Sudburys 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

    3261 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Alan W Sudbury 1940
    • James D Sudbury, a caretaker at the St Joseph's School & Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F MacLean at 3239 and Convent St Joseph's at 3271. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3439 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J W Sudbury, a checker at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
    • John D Sudbury, a freezerman for Palm Dairies 1940
    • Kathleen H Sudbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Pearsall at 3401 and G F Cochrane at 3451. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3119 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J Sudbury, a branch manager at M Fisher Sons & Co Ltd 1940
    • Doug O Sudbury, an accountant for F J Bossons 1940
    • Wilfred A Sudbury, an accountant at Janion & Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Le Sage at 3109 and B P Marr at 3131. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an accountant (2), a branch manager, a caretaker, a checker and a freezerman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Alan W Sudbury at 3261 Fleming Street, with James D Sudbury, a caretaker at the St Joseph's School & Church. J W Sudbury is listed at 3439 Fleming 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 Joseph W Sudbury there as the householder, a checker at Canadian Pacific Steamships, with John D Sudbury, a freezerman for Palm Dairies, and Kathleen H Sudbury.

W J Sudbury is listed at 3119 Point Grey Road in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred J Sudbury there as the householder, a branch manager at M Fisher Sons & Co Ltd, with Doug O Sudbury, an accountant for F J Bossons, and Wilfred A Sudbury, an accountant at Janion & Clark.

Today

3439 Fleming and 3119 Point Grey Road still have their buildings from before 1946; 3261 Fleming (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Sudburys

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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.