A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ceperleys
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ceperley at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Ceperleys lived
- 1
1915 West 12th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A T Ceperley, a clerk at the National Harbours Board 1940
Next door in 1940: A Weatherall at 1905 and T Rogers at 1925. The block, door by door
- 2
846 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Rounsefell Ceperley, an invests and insurance 1940
Next door in 1940: Jukes A E & Co Ltd at 840 and credit foncier bldg at 850. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists A T Ceperley at 1915 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur T Ceperley there as the householder, a clerk at the National Harbours Board. In 1940 the directory lists Rounsefell Ceperley, an invests and insurance, at 846 West Hastings Street.
Today
1915 West 12th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 846 West Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ceperley A T1915 West 12th, p. 208
- Ceperley Arth T clk NHB1915 West 12th, p. 104
- Ceperley Rounsefell invests and ins846 West Hastings, p. 81
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ceperleys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ceperley 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.