A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The Metcalfes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Metcalfe at two addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell Street, with the close spelling Metcalf. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Metcalfe name's own page.
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Where the Metcalfes lived
- 1
1072 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- H E Metcalfe, a salesman at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Johnson at 1070 and Mrs N M Wilson at 1074. The block, door by door
- 2
2029 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- J G Metcalfe, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: A Learmonth at 2037. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 H E Metcalfe at 1072 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry E Metcalf there as the householder, a salesman at Macaulay Nicolls Maitland. In 1940 the directory lists J G Metcalfe at 2029 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists John G Metcalfe there as the householder, retired.
Today
The City no longer lists 1072 Pendrell and 2029 Pendrell, 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.
- Metcalfe H E1072 Pendrell, p. 132
- Metcalf Henry E slsmn Macaulay Nicolls Maitland1072 Pendrell, p. 426
- Metcalfe J G2029 Pendrell, p. 132
- Metcalfe John G retired2029 Pendrell, p. 427
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Metcalfes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Metcalfe name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.