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A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Sutherlands

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Sutherland at five addresses in 1940, all on West 1st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Sutherlands at 2744 West 1st in 1940. 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. 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

    2252 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Sutherland, widow of A G 1940
    • C Doug Sutherland, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E James at 2246 and Mrs C Hind at 2260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2305 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James H Sutherland 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E P Towl at 2325. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2744 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Sutherland, widow of A F 1940
    • C Ann Sutherland, of Sutherland & Sutherland 1940
    • John A Sutherland, of Sutherland & Sutherland 1940
    • Margaret Sutherland 1940

    Next door in 1940: J I Murray at 2740 and E S Silbernagel at 2774. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3118 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Lena Sutherland 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Taylor at 3112 and Mrs L V Guthrie at 3124. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3522 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Sutherland, a boiler inspector at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: T F Cassidy at 3512 and W W Cooper at 3530. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the nine: a boiler inspector and a clerk. Two of them worked for Sutherland & Sutherland. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (5). 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 M Sutherland at 2252 West 1st 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 Mary Sutherland there as the householder, widow of A G, with C Doug Sutherland, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists James H Sutherland at 2305 West 1st Avenue.

Mrs C Sutherland is listed at 2744 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cath Sutherland there as the householder, widow of A F, with C Ann Sutherland, of Sutherland & Sutherland, John A Sutherland, of Sutherland & Sutherland, and Margaret Sutherland. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lena Sutherland at 3118 West 1st Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists A Sutherland at 3522 West 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Sutherland there as the householder, a boiler inspector at the BC Government.

Today

2744 West 1st and 3522 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946, 3522 West 1st on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2252 West 1st, 2305 West 1st and 3118 West 1st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.