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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Charterses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Charters at three addresses in 1940 in three 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: three Charterses at 2716 West 11th in 1940.

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Where the Charterses 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

    526 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T B Charters, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District 1940
    • William B Charters 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Pratt at 518 and R Roberts at 536. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2716 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Charters, a student at UBC 1940
    • Ralph D Charters, an apprentice at F L Bott Co 1940
    • William A Charters, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Hepburn at 2726. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1765 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F A Charters, a laborer 1940
    • Dorothy L Charters 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Swann at 1761 and G Neill at 1771. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a laborer (2), an apprentice and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 B Charters at 526 East 22nd 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 B Charters there as the householder, a laborer at Greater Vancouver Water District, with William B Charters. In 1940 the directory lists J Charters at 2716 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Charters there as the householder, a division freight agent at the CPR, with James Charters Jr, a student at UBC, Ralph D Charters, an apprentice at F L Bott Co, and William A Charters, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists F A Charters at 1765 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Charters there as the householder, a laborer, with Dorothy L Charters.

Today

2716 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1765 West 4th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 526 East 22nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.