A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Carters
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Carter at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue, with the close spelling Cartier. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
439 West 23rd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Miss I L Carter 1940
- Inez L Carter, a stenographer at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J Wellburn at 425 and J D Inkster at 447. The block, door by door
- 2
3379 West 23rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs M M Carter, widow of E F 1940
Next door in 1940: F G Syder at 3367 and K L Askwith at 3395. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 Miss I L Carter at 439 West 23rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Inez L Carter there as the householder, a stenographer at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M M Carter at 3379 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Miriam M Carter there as the householder, widow of E F.
Today
3379 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 439 West 23rd (1990) has a newer building, 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.
- *Carter Miss I L439 West 23rd, p. 237
- Carter Inez L sten CPR439 West 23rd, p. 100
- *Carter Mrs M M3379 West 23rd, p. 237
- Carter Miriam M wid E F3379 West 23rd, p. 100
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.