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The Sugdens

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named Sugden at eight addresses in 1940 in five 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 Sugdens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    314 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs J Sugden 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Barnby at 312 and Ski & Sport Shop at 316. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2142 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Sugden, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Austin at 2128 and J E Carnell at 2150. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1257 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • W S Sugden, retired 1940
    • Violet M Sugden, a branch manager at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Cooper at 1245 and G T B Winton at 1269. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1222 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Benjamin Sugden 1940
    • Don Sugden 1940

    Next door in 1940: Galleries Vanderpant at 1216 and nottingham (the) at 1234. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1838 West 29th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J L Sugden, a superintendent at S D & Par Car and News Service CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Underhill at 1856. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2724 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Sugden, a driver at Gough & Thompson 1940
    • Mrs Elsie Sugden, proprietor of Rainbow Beauty Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Timm at 2722 and Mrs A Trevor at 2726. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2922 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Sugden, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Maguire at 2924. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1862 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Diane Sugden, a waitress at Triangle Coffee Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Goodmurphy at 1856 and J L Reid at 1866. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a branch manager, a chauffeur, a driver, a postman, a proprietor and a superintendent, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), West End (2), Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Shaughnessy. 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 Mrs J Sugden at 314 Cambie Street. W Sugden is listed at 2142 East 38th Avenue 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 Walter Sugden there as the householder, a postman.

W S Sugden is listed at 1257 Pacific Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Warwick S Sugden there as the householder, retired, with Warwick S Sugden Jr, and Violet M Sugden, a branch manager at Canadian Wind Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin Sugden at 1222 Robson Street, with Don Sugden.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Sugden at 1838 West 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists J Leslie Sugden there as the householder, a superintendent at S D & Par Car and News Service CPR. In 1940 the directory lists J H Sugden at 2724 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph H Sugden there as the householder, a driver at Gough & Thompson, with Mrs Elsie Sugden, proprietor of Rainbow Beauty Salon.

In 1940 the directory lists W Sugden at 2922 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Sugden there as the householder, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi. The 1940 name section lists Diane Sugden at 1862 West 5th Avenue, a waitress at Triangle Coffee Shop.

Today

The City no longer lists 314 Cambie, 2142 East 38th, 1257 Pacific, 1222 Robson, 1838 West 29th, 2724 West 4th, 2922 West 4th and 1862 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.