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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Masons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Mason at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, with the close spellings Masson and Maison. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 69 other streets too, all listed on the Mason name's own page.

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Where the Masons 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

    429 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Mason, a prospector 1940

    Next door in 1940: New York Hat Wks at 427. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    615 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P G Mason, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Office Equip Co at 611 and Good Eats Cafe Ltd at 619. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1370 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Verla Mason 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Tomita at 1368 and K Fraser at 1374. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a prospector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 G Mason at 429 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Mason there as the householder, a prospector. In 1940 the directory lists P G Mason, a barrister, at 615 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Verla Mason at 1370 West Pender Street.

Today

429 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 615 West Pender and 1370 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Masons

Every directory, as one book

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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.