A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Culpeppers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Culpepper 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 Culpeppers lived
- 1
45 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J A Culpepper, a driver at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association 1940
Next door in 1940: J Bachand at 49. The block, door by door
- 2
1973 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Lucille Culpeper, a stenographer at Buckerfield's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S C Robertson at 1951. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a driver and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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 J A Culpepper at 45 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John A Culpepper there as the householder, a driver at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association. The 1940 name section lists Lucille Culpeper at 1973 Robson Street, a stenographer at Buckerfield's.
Today
The City no longer lists 45 East Broadway and 1973 Robson, so those buildings are 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.
- Culpepper J A45 East Broadway, p. 14
- Culpepper John A drvr FVMPA45 East Broadway, p. 142
- Culpeper Lucille sten Buckerfield's1973 Robson, p. 142
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Culpeppers
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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.