A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Sutches
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Sutch at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Sutches at 91 West 14th in 1940.
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Where the Sutches lived
- 1
2447 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- G F Sutch, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: W N Christie at 2435 and J B Kelly at 2451. The block, door by door
- 2
91 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- H Sutch, an inspector at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Doreen E Sutch, a stenographer 1940
- Kathleen L Sutch, a clerk at H M Shingle 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gates at 87. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a clerk, an inspector and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 G F Sutch at 2447 East 29th 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 George F Sutch there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists H Sutch at 91 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Sutch there as the householder, an inspector at the City of Vancouver, with Doreen E Sutch, a stenographer, and Kathleen L Sutch, a clerk at H M Shingle.
Today
91 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; 2447 East 29th (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Sutch G F2447 East 29th, p. 244
- Sutch Geo F carp2447 East 29th, p. 596
- *Sutch H91 West 14th, p. 215
- Sutch Doreen E sten91 West 14th, p. 596
- Sutch Harry inspr Van City91 West 14th, p. 596
- Sutch Kathleen L clk H M Shingle91 West 14th, p. 596
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Sutches
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Sutch name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.