A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Carters
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Carter at three addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spelling Cartier. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 70 other streets too, all listed on the Carter name's own page.
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Where the Carters lived
- 1
920 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- H W Carter, a shoe shine 1940
Next door in 1940: Dom Hat Co at 918 and E Rossi at 922. The block, door by door
- 2
1176 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Marie Carter, proprietor of Wavette Beauty Salon 1940
- Walter R Carter, a sign painter at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door
- 3
2808 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- Gowns Cartier 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs U Armstrong at 2806 and Madame M Ross at 2812. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists H W Carter, a shoe shine, at 920 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Marie Carter at 1176 Granville Street, proprietor of Wavette Beauty Salon, with Walter R Carter, a sign painter at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists Gowns Cartier at 2808 Granville Street.
Today
1176 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 920 Granville and 2808 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Carter H W shoe shine920 Granville, p. 66
- Carter Mrs Marie prop Wavette Beauty Salon1176 Granville, p. 100
- Carter Walter R sign pntr Assoc Dairies1176 Granville, p. 100
- Cartier Gowns2808 Granville, p. 68
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Carters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Carter 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.