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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The de Penciers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named de Pencier at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings De Pencier and dePencier. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the de Penciers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1426 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Most Rev A U de Pencier, an archbishop at the Diocese of N Westminster 1940
    • Elizabeth de Pencier 1940

    Next door in 1940: St John's Ang Ch at 1490. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4779 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Rev T F W de Pencier, a vicar at the St Peter's Anglican Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Jackson at 4747 and A C S Layley at 4797. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3528 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W dePencier, a dealer for J R Watkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A E Erickson at 3520 and E Beresford at 3534. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3176 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H E De Pencier, a bookkeeper for T E Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Peebles at 3158. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an archbishop, a bookkeeper, a dealer and a vicar.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 Most Rev A U de Pencier at 1426 Nanton Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Most Rev Adam U de Pencier there as the householder, an archbishop at the Diocese of N Westminster, with Elizabeth de Pencier. In 1940 the directory lists Rev T F W de Pencier at 4779 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section lists Rev Theo F W de Pencier there as the householder, a vicar at the St Peter's Anglican Church.

In 1940 the directory lists G W dePencier at 3528 West 11th 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 lists Guy W de Pencier there as the householder, a dealer for J R Watkins. In 1940 the directory lists H E De Pencier at 3176 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert E de Pencier there as the householder, a bookkeeper for T E Wilson.

Today

4779 Quebec, 3528 West 11th and 3176 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1426 Nanton, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 de Penciers

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.