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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Symondses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Symonds at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Symondses 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

    5598 Balsam Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E G Symonds, an agent at Great West Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M McGregor at 5574. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    315 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • James E Symonds, an engineer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Snowdon at 305 and W McRoberts at 317. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    740 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • S J Symonds, a sheet metal worker for J Kirkland 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Myson at 734 and R B Westmacott at 746. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    12 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • N E Symonds, a carpenter 1940
    • Doug A Symonds, a floorman at Madill Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J English at 4 and Mrs I Woodhead at 20. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1131 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Nancy Symonds, a stenographer at Osler Hammond & Nanton 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stevens at 1129 and W E Johnston at 1133. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4053 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W J Symonds, an accountant at Empress Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Thornton at 4047 and H Potvin at 4059. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: an accountant, an agent, a carpenter, an engineer, a floorman and a sheet metal worker, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Arbutus Ridge, Riley Park, West End and West Point Grey. 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 E G Symonds at 5598 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edwin G Symonds there as the householder, an agent at Great West Life. The 1940 name section lists James E Symonds at 315 East 17th Avenue, an engineer at the Hudson's Bay Company.

S J Symonds is listed at 740 East 49th Avenue 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 Syd J Symonds there as the householder, a sheet metal worker for J Kirkland. N E Symonds is listed at 12 East 50th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman E Symonds there as the householder, a carpenter, with Doug A Symonds, a floorman at Madill Garage.

The 1940 name section lists Nancy Symonds at 1131 Pendrell Street, a stenographer at Osler Hammond & Nanton. In 1940 the directory lists W J Symonds at 4053 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Symonds there as the householder, an accountant at Empress Manufacturing.

Today

315 East 17th and 4053 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 12 East 50th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5598 Balsam, 740 East 49th and 1131 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.