A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Sweids
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Sweid at one address, 3166 West 13th Avenue in Kitsilano, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Sweids at home
- 1
3166 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J D Sweid 1940
- Anne Sweid, a saleswoman at Harper's Ladies Wear 1940
- Sarah Sweid, a saleswoman at Willard's Ladies Wear 1940
Next door in 1940: T Browne at 3156 and G S Munn at 3176. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a saleswoman (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kitsilano. 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 D Sweid at 3166 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jacob D Sweid there as the householder, with Anne Sweid, a saleswoman at Harper's Ladies Wear, and Sarah Sweid, a saleswoman at Willard's Ladies Wear.
Today
3166 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Sweid J D3166 West 13th, p. 213
- Sweid Anne slswm Harper's Ladies Wear3166 West 13th, p. 598
- Sweid Jacob D3166 West 13th, p. 598
- Sweid Sarah slswm Willard's Ladies Wear3166 West 13th, p. 598
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Sweids
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Sweid 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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Another name, or a house
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.