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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Caters

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Cater at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Caters at 843 East 7th in 1940.

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Where the Caters 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

    8456 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • S A Cater, a managing director for Gold Savers 1940
  2. 2

    843 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs I M Cater, widow of G 1940
    • Gordon J Cater, an apprentice for C W Grafton 1940
    • Stan A Cater, a student 1940
    • William G Cater, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Young at 825 and Mrs E MacAulay at 849. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1924 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G J Cater, a carpenter 1940
    • Amy A Cater 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Karlson at 1916 and Mrs J Rowan at 1928. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    391 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Peter Catter, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Z Soga at 381 and S Tsuruda at 393. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1234 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A H Cater, an accountant at Western City 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Hoy at 1222 and Mrs E M Adams at 1240. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an accountant, an apprentice, a carpenter, a driver and a managing director. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and West End. 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 S A Cater at 8456 Cartier Street; 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 Sam A Cater there as the householder, a managing director for Gold Savers. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I M Cater at 843 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Isabella M Cater there as the householder, widow of G, with Gordon J Cater, an apprentice for C W Grafton, Stan A Cater, a student, and William G Cater, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists G J Cater at 1924 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George J Cater there as the householder, a carpenter, with Amy A Cater. The 1940 name section lists Peter Catter at 391 Powell Street, retired.

A H Cater is listed at 1234 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Archibald H Cater there as the householder, an accountant at Western City.

Today

The City no longer lists 8456 Cartier, 843 East 7th, 1924 East Pender, 391 Powell and 1234 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Caters

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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.