A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Sweders
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Sweder 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 Sweders at 2695 East Pender in 1940.
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Where the Sweders lived
- 1
5726 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Margaret J Sweder, a maid for O A Jorgenson 1940
Next door in 1940: D Ostrosser at 5756. The block, door by door
- 2
2695 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J H Sweder, a president at Sweder The Tailor Ltd 1940
- Edith H Sweder, a stenographer at R S Day & Son 1940
- Grace L Sweder, a tailoress at Sweder The Tailor 1940
Next door in 1940: L Zubach at 2693 and Mrs J Jamieson at 2697. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a maid, a president, a stenographer and a tailoress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Kerrisdale. 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 Margaret J Sweder at 5726 Angus Drive, a maid for O A Jorgenson. J H Sweder is listed at 2695 East Pender Street 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 John H Sweder there as the householder, a president at Sweder The Tailor Ltd, with Edith H Sweder, a stenographer at R S Day & Son, and Grace L Sweder, a tailoress at Sweder The Tailor.
Today
5726 Angus Drive (2015) and 2695 East Pender (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Sweder Margt J maid O A Jorgenson5726 Angus Drive, p. 598
- *Sweder J H2695 East Pender, p. 128
- Sweder Edith H sten R S Day & Son2695 East Pender, p. 598
- Sweder Grace L tailoress Sweder The Tailor2695 East Pender, p. 598
- Sweder John H pres Sweder The Tailor Ltd2695 East Pender, p. 598
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Sweders
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Sweder 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.