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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Caples

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Caple at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Caples 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

    4508 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • K P Caple 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L Mundell at 4504 and W C Cain at 4518. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1196 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Dr H H Caple, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chatham Hse Hosp at 1180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1819 West 61st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • M G Caple, of Caple & Shannon 1940
    • Florence K Caple, widow of N 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McR Mitchell at 1835. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H H Caple, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a physician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kerrisdale 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 K P Caple at 4508 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken P Caple there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Dr H H Caple at 1196 West 15th 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 lists Harold H Caple there as the householder, a physician.

In 1940 the directory lists M G Caple at 1819 West 61st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Montague G Caple there as the householder, of Caple & Shannon, with Florence K Caple, widow of N. In 1940 the directory lists H H Caple, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street.

Today

4508 West 13th and 1819 West 61st still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1196 West 15th and 925 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.