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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sueys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Suey at three addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. 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 Sueys 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

    463 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • On Fong Suey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ye Fong at 459 and Hin Mrs Chan at 467. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    466 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Suey, a manager at Sunlight Greenhouse Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Duck Loew at 460 and Clinic Japanese at 474. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    546 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • On Suey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gee Yet at 540. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 On Fong Suey at 463 East Pender Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists On Fong Suey there. In 1940 the directory lists C Suey at 466 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Charlie Suey there as the householder, a manager at Sunlight Greenhouse Co.

In 1940 the directory lists On Suey at 546 Gore Avenue. The 1940 name section lists On Suey there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 463 East Pender, 466 East Pender and 546 Gore, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 463 East Pender: no archive photo of the 400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.