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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Paiges

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Paige at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Paiges 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

    610 Jervis Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Paige 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Brown at 626. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1284 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margherita Paige, a waitress at Shasta Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Whitehead at 1270. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2539 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C C Paige, a bricklayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Craig at 2537 and T S Lawson at 2541. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1969 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Gilbert H Paige, a driver at Morrow Coal & Ice 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Yaker at 1965 and Shell Oil Serv Sta at 1995. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bricklayer, a driver and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano 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 E Paige at 610 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ernest Paige there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Margherita Paige at 1284 Nelson Street, a waitress at Shasta Lunch.

C C Paige is listed at 2539 Trinity Street in 1940; 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 Clarence C Paige there as the householder, a bricklayer. The 1940 name section lists Gilbert H Paige at 1969 West 10th Avenue, a driver at Morrow Coal & Ice.

Today

610 Jervis still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2539 Trinity (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1284 Nelson and 1969 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.