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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Palmers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Palmer at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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 76 other streets too, all listed on the Palmer name's own page.

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Where the Palmers 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

    1666 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J T E Palmer, a school principal 1940
    • Hope Palmer, a social worker at Children's Aid 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Burnett at 1656 and Mrs M Makinson at 1676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3025 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W G Palmer, a radio operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: F McCaig at 3015 and H R Harvey at 3035. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3549 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H A Palmer, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hartley at 3541 and A E Green at 3557. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a longshoreman, a radio operator, a school principal and a social worker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 J T E Palmer at 1666 West 12th 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 John T E Palmer there as the householder, a school principal, with Hope Palmer, a social worker at Children's Aid. In 1940 the directory lists W G Palmer at 3025 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter G Palmer there as the householder, a groundsman at the Terminal City Lawn Bowling Club, with Walter G Palmer Jr, a radio operator.

In 1940 the directory lists H A Palmer at 3549 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert A Palmer there as the householder, a longshoreman.

Today

3549 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1666 West 12th (1963) and 3025 West 12th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.