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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Sutherlands

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Sutherland at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 95 other streets too, all listed on the Sutherland name's own page.

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Where the Sutherlands 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

    234 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Sutherland, retired 1940
    • Elizabeth McA Sutherland, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Armstrong at 224. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1736 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Christine Sutherland, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J I McConachie at 1726 and A T Symes at 1746. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4019 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Jean R Sutherland, a physiotherapist for Miss E J Ely 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Dykes at 4013 and G S Macey at 4023. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4247 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D F Sutherland, a department manager at Spencer's 1940
    • William A Sutherland, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J McCourt at 4239 and W H Hudson at 4255. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4388 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A Sutherland, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nash at 4378 and T A F Mackintosh at 4396. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a nurse (2), a department manager, a motorman, a physiotherapist and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Sutherland at 234 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Sutherland there as the householder, retired, with Elizabeth McA Sutherland, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists Christine Sutherland at 1736 West 11th Avenue, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists Jean R Sutherland at 4019 West 11th Avenue, a physiotherapist for Miss E J Ely.

In 1940 the directory lists D F Sutherland at 4247 West 11th 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 lists Daniel F Sutherland there as the householder, a department manager at Spencer's, with William A Sutherland, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists A Sutherland at 4388 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Sutherland there as the householder, a school teacher.

Today

4247 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 234 West 11th (2021), 4019 West 11th (1997) and 4388 West 11th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1736 West 11th, so that building is 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.