My grandma and grandpa Rogers, 1940s, 5205 Chester St., South Vancouver, BC - Sarah Frances Saggers with Joseph James - Joe - Rogers. The photograph was likely taken by their son, my father, George.
ROGERS-SAGGERS, VANCOUVER, BC - 1940s, 1950s family and friends
Recently I've been working on a number of personal family transcription projects, including an account of my Na's trip to Alaska in 1954. I'm always interested to see who 'turns up' in the people associated with these project documents.
Below is a list of those included in Sarah Frances Rogers' (née Saggers), my paternal grandmother's 1940s-50s address book, a simple black notebook. For Greater Vancouver, BC people the book has addresses, and phone numbers, if applicable, in grandma's writing. Many entries have been XXX out and another address added in later in the book, so there are duplicates. Some writing is hard to read; I'm comparing the information with directory listings. Grandma most often used "City" for Vancouver - quite common for addressing letters then, so I'm using that.
A few entries have other remarks, for example, the first name of some women. The book is not dated, but does have inside the cover the birthdays of my mum and dad, my little brother and myself, along with a newspaper clipping announcing me as 'Baby Rogers'.
When I first became interested in genealogy I used to ask my dad, her son, who the people were in the few photographs he had. Some he did know, of course, like his aunts. But others? "Oh", he'd say, "some cousin or maybe somebody from church." Not much help to a genealogist. But over the years, most now have names.
Some in this address book are certainly cousins, some are grandmother's sisters, and her one brother then living. Some may indeed be people from church which was then, I believe, St. Peter's Anglican Church in South Vancouver and, I expect, a number are my grandmother's friends. Possibly a few were customers of my grandpa's.
The addresses are long out of date (but useful for research, of course). Here I've included only names and places. If you recognize a name, please do get in touch or comment. I'd love to hear from you.
| Name | Address - City is Vancouver BC Canada |
| Mrs Wallace | City |
| Mrs Chambers | City |
| Mrs Barrett (Charlie) | City |
| Mrs W M Walby | Saskatoon Sask |
| Miss Barker | South Saskatoon Sask |
| Hilda Staines as was / Mrs Ashby | San Francisco Calif USA |
| Mrs Davies | City |
| Walter Cooper | San Leandro Calif USA |
| Betty Cooper | Seattle 7 Wash |
| Mrs Cornish | Quesnel BC / Box 157 / Winfield /RR 1 Kelowna BC |
| Miss Cassidy | Victoria BC |
| Mrs Stiegles | Tacoma Wash USA |
| Mrs Cooper | Seattle Wash USA |
| Mrs J Hill | Mair Sask |
| Miss Green / Mrs M Fanning | City |
| Mrs J Raferty | Victoria BC |
| Mrs F W Winteringham | Lone Butte BC |
| Mrs Nibb | Victoria BC |
| (Ethel) Mrs Russell | Manor Farm Bassingbourn Royston nr Herts England |
| Miss E & N Saggers | Restmore Bassingbourn nr Royston Herts England |
| Mrs A Saggers | North End Bassingbourn nr Royston Herts England |
| Mrs Staines | 67 Leigh Road London East Ham GC |
| Walter Cooper | San Leandro Calif |
| Betty Cooper as was / Mrs L L Widing | Seattle Wash |
| Mr and Mrs GE Cooper | City |
| Mrs Earl Halvesen | Tacoma Wash |
| Joe's brother Mr J Rogers | Toronto Ont Canada |
| Cunningham / Mrs Pickner ? | Toronto Ont Canada |
| Eileen / Mrs W M Walby | Wilkie Sask |
| Mrs J Hill | Maryfield Saskatchewan |
| Miss Green | 18 Clounore ? St Southfields London SW England |
| Mrs Ambrose | Windy Ridge Railton Road Rugby England |
| Mrs H Chester | Brooms ? End / Fairfield Stansted Essex England |
| Mrs Black | South Burnaby |
| Mrs Buskin | City |
| Mrs Davies | City |
| Mrs Clark | City |
| Mrs Morrison | City |
| Mrs Burchall | City |
| Mrs Currell | City |
| Mrs Boyda | City |
| Mrs Wray | Westmore Pender Harbour BC |
| Mrs Swanbeck | City |
| Mrs Rafferty | Victoria BC |
| Lorne ? Getterman | Calgary Alberta |
| Mrs W M Walby | Wilkie Sask |
| Mrs W Leith | City |
| Mrs Cecil White | City |
| Grace / Mrs Winteringham | City |
| Mrs A C White | City |
| Mrs Hannie ? | City |
| Marion / Mrs James | City |
| Dick Thompson | City |
| Mrs Westwood | City |
| Jessie & Bertie | City |
| Frances Mrs Froats | City |
| Margery Mrs Smylie | City |
| Mrs Westwood | City |
| Frances Mrs Froats | Huntingdon Park California Calif |
| Mrs Bowling | City |
| Mrs Hawkins | City |
| Mrs M R Fanning | City |
| Mrs Barrett | City |
| Mrs J Hill | Maryfield Sask |
| Flo | City |
| Jim | City |
| Dora | City |
| Kenny | City |
| Elsie | City |
| Annie / Mrs G Westwood | Alberni BC |
| Lou | City |
| Charlie | City |
| Dick | City |
| Larry | City |
| Mrs G Walker | City |
| Mrs Boul___? Melva | Ladner BC |
| Mrs A C White | City |
| Frances Mrs Froats | San Mateo Calif |
| Mrs Laviolette | City |
| Mrs Surges ? | New Westminster |
| Mrs H Young | City |
| Connie ? Miss Ellerman | Calgary Alberta |
| Mrs G Grierson | City |
| Mrs E Chambers | City |
| Mrs R J Ross | City |
| Mrs Buskins | City |
| Mrs Black | South Burnaby |
| Mrs Currell | City |
| Edie Green niece | |
| Mrs N Furneaux | 216 Stansted Rd Bishop Storford Herts |
| Mrs Froats Frances | City |
| Mrs W Leith | Saanichton Van Island BC |
| Mrs Smylie | North Vancouver |
| Mrs H Barrett | City |
| Mrs Currell | City |
| Mrs Surges ? | City |
| Mrs Hawtkins ?/ Mrs Hawkins ? | City |
| Mrs Bowling | City |
| Mrs Leviliotte | Victoria BC |
| Mrs W Leith | Brentwood BC |
| Mrs Gordon Westwood | Alberni BC |
| Mrs Colin Westwood | South Burnaby |
| Frances / Mrs Froat | City |
| Mrs J Robertson | City |
| Mrs Ralph Smylie | Regina Sask |
| Mr Baron | City |
| Mrs Frances? | City |
| Mrs G E Cooper | City |
| Mrs Wilding | Seattle Wash |
| Mrs E Thompson | City |
| Edith Blair / Mrs Palmer | |
| Mrs Chambers | City |
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