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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Summerfields

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Summerfield 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 Summerfields 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

    3427 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs E Summerfield, widow of J 1940
    • James Summerfield, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G McTurk at 3423 and R Lamb at 3439. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    342 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Summerfield, an engraver for E J Trayling 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Walker at 328 and J J Henderson at 358. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1110 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Peter Summerfield 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Hunter at 1106 and Mrs M J Knowling at 1118. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    404 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Rowland M Summerfield, a manager at Furnace Oil Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Spencer at 412. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    603 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Summerfield, a manufacturing jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Post Fund Last at 601 and Pitman's Optical House at 605. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3386 Yukon Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H N Summerfield, a manager at Summerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Walker at 3366. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a manager (2), an engraver and a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Riley Park (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 Mrs E Summerfield at 3427 East 23rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ellen Summerfield there as the householder, widow of J, with James Summerfield, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists A Summerfield at 342 East 57th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arnold Summerfield there as the householder, an engraver for E J Trayling.

The 1940 name section lists Peter Summerfield at 1110 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Rowland M Summerfield at 404 West 18th Avenue, a manager at Furnace Oil Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists W Summerfield, a manufacturing jeweller, at 603 West Hastings Street.

H N Summerfield is listed at 3386 Yukon Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists H Norman Summerfield there as the householder, a manager at Summerfield's.

Today

404 West 18th and 3386 Yukon still have their buildings from before 1946; 3427 East 23rd (2003) and 342 East 57th (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1110 Melville and 603 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.