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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Naughtys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Naughty at four 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.

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Where the Naughtys lived

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

    1810 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • L Naughty, an apprentice at Murray-Latta Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Kobus at 1804 and J McGrath at 1816. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    460 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L Naughty, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940
    • Pearl H Naughty, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Severin at 446 and R Page at 480. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    645 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Naughty, a salesman for C Claman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Cunningham at 643 and Mrs A A Barr at 647. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1243 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • R T Naughty, a master mariner at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr J R Davidson at 1221. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an apprentice, a master mariner, a meat cutter, a salesman and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 L Naughty at 1810 East 10th 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 Lewis Naughty there as the householder, an apprentice at Murray-Latta Machinery. In 1940 the directory lists L Naughty at 460 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lewis Naughty there as the householder, a meat cutter at Spencer's, with Pearl H Naughty, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists E Naughty at 645 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward Naughty there as the householder, a salesman for C Claman. In 1940 the directory lists R T Naughty at 1243 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert T Naughty there as the householder, a master mariner at the Union Steamship Company.

Today

1810 East 10th, 460 East 16th, 645 East 21st and 1243 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 1243 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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 Naughtys

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.