A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Carters
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Carter at two addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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 most under one roof: four Carters at 2779 West Broadway 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
- 1
255 West Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs Florence Carter 1940
Next door in 1940: J Angus at 249. The block, door by door
- 2
2779 West Broadway
Kitsilano, 1940
- W H Carter, a plumber 1940
- Beatrice L Carter, a stenographer at Hoffars Ltd 1940
- Norine K Carter, a stenographer 1940
- Robert W Carter, a machinist operator at BC Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Read at 2757 and S A Gourlay at 2787. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a stenographer (2), a machinist operator and a plumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Florence Carter at 255 West Broadway. W H Carter, a plumber, is listed at 2779 West Broadway in 1940; 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 William H Carter there, a plumber, with Beatrice L Carter, a stenographer at Hoffars Ltd, Norine K Carter, a stenographer, and Robert W Carter, a machinist operator at BC Packers.
Today
255 West Broadway (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2779 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Carter Mrs Florence255 West Broadway, p. 100
- *Carter W H plmbr2779 West Broadway, p. 19
- Carter Beatrice L sten Hoffars Ltd2779 West Broadway, p. 100
- Carter Norine K sten2779 West Broadway, p. 100
- Carter Robt W mach opr BC Pkrs2779 West Broadway, p. 100
- Carter Wm H plmbr2779 West Broadway, p. 100
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.