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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Palms

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Palm 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 Palms 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

    1773 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ludwig Palm 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Harrison at 1771 and W L Keil at 1775. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    981 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T E Palm, a floor layer at BC Hardwood Floor 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Pitts at 971 and A Hansen at 991. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2835 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Palm, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Edwards at 2829 and D Wilson at 2841. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1040 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E A Palm 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Beddome at 1036 and Mrs E Hickey at 1046. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a floor layer and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ludwig Palm at 1773 Davie Street. T E Palm is listed at 981 East 23rd Avenue 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 Tory E Palm there as the householder, a floor layer at BC Hardwood Floor.

E Palm is listed at 2835 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eric Palm there as the householder, a laborer. E A Palm is listed at 1040 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edwin A Palm there as the householder.

Today

981 East 23rd and 2835 East Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1773 Davie and 1040 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Palms

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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.