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A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Carters

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Carter at three addresses in 1940, all on West 37th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: four Carters at 1519 West 37th in 1940. 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

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

    1519 West 37th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R S Carter, a president at Commercial Chemical 1940
    • Evelyn E Carter 1940
    • Hugh M Carter, a salesman at Commercial Chemicals 1940
    • MacMordie S Carter, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr G F Strong at 1529. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2268 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Cecil H Carter, a salesman at Yorkshire & Pacific Securities 1940
    • Dorothy Carter, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev C R Blunden at 2256 and F E Hale at 2292. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3878 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • S B Carter, a sales manager at McDermott Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F McDonagh at 3870 and P Jorgenson at 3886. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a salesman (2), a president, a sales manager and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 R S Carter at 1519 West 37th 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 Robert S Carter there as the householder, a president at Commercial Chemical, with Evelyn E Carter, Hugh M Carter, a salesman at Commercial Chemicals, and MacMordie S Carter, a student. The 1940 name section lists Cecil H Carter at 2268 West 37th Avenue as the householder, a salesman at Yorkshire & Pacific Securities, with Dorothy Carter, a school teacher.

S B Carter is listed at 3878 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan B Carter there as the householder, a sales manager at McDermott Motors.

Today

2268 West 37th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1519 West 37th (2021) and 3878 West 37th (1998) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Carters

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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.