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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Makepeaces

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Makepeace 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 Makepeaces at 4577 West 5th in 1940.

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Where the Makepeaces 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

    4004 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L E Makepeace, an oiler at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: L F Gurney at 4012. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4577 West 5th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J J Makepeace, an accountant at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association 1940
    • Lorna M Makepeace, a nurse at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Ron Makepeace, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Stevens at 4569 and A L Bromley at 4585. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1040 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A C Makepeace, of Honest Value Fuels 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Keeler at 1034 and A O Curry at 1068. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an accountant, a nurse, an oiler and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 L E Makepeace at 4004 West 20th 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 Lionel E Makepeace there as the householder, an oiler at the BC Coast Steamship Service. In 1940 the directory lists J J Makepeace at 4577 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James J Makepeace there as the householder, an accountant at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, with Lorna M Makepeace, a nurse at the City of Vancouver, and Ron Makepeace, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists A C Makepeace at 1040 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur C Makepeace there as the householder, of Honest Value Fuels.

Today

4004 West 20th (2014), 4577 West 5th (2014) and 1040 West 7th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.