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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Clerihews

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Clerihew 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.

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Where the Clerihews 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

    3782 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P A Clerihew, a shipper at Galbraith & Sulley 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D L Maxwell at 3768 and J A Barlow at 3790. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2918 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G J Clerihew, an operator at Leckie 1940
    • Jane Clerihew, widow of P 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Niven at 2912 and G Stephens at 2924. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an operator and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands 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 P A Clerihew at 3782 Ontario Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter A Clerihew there as the householder, a shipper at Galbraith & Sulley. In 1940 the directory lists G J Clerihew at 2918 West 34th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George J Clerihew there as the householder, an operator at Leckie, with Jane Clerihew, widow of P.

Today

3782 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 2918 West 34th (1973) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Clerihews

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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.