A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Catons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Caton at two addresses in 1940 in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Catons lived
- 1
1233 East 33rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- T A Caton, of Robson Furniture 1940
- Arthur Caton, of Robson Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: F Newton at 1247. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 T A Caton at 1233 East 33rd 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 Thomas A Caton there as the householder, of Robson Furniture, with Arthur Caton, of Robson Furniture. In 1940 the directory lists H Caton at 5108 Inverness Street. The 1940 name section lists Harold Caton there as the householder, a millworker.
Today
1233 East 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 5108 Inverness (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Caton T A1233 East 33rd, p. 248
- Caton Arth of Robson Furn1233 East 33rd, p. 102
- Caton Thos A of Robson Furn1233 East 33rd, p. 102
- Caton H5108 Inverness, p. 90
- Caton Harold mlwkr5108 Inverness, p. 102
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Catons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Caton 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.