A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 7th 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
- 1
220 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Nathan Palmer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K A West at 212 and J A Strilive at 236. The block, door by door
- 2
1875 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Edward N Palmer, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Stubbs at 1855. The block, door by door
- 3
4683 West 7th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C E Palmer, an accountant at the Canadian Government 1940
- John E Palmer, a dancing teacher for V D Moore 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Thorn at 4673 and J Valentine at 4693. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a dancing teacher and a driver.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Nathan Palmer at 220 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward N Palmer at 1875 West 7th Avenue, a driver at Johnston National Storage. In 1940 the directory lists C E Palmer at 4683 West 7th 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 lists Charles E Palmer there as the householder, an accountant at the Canadian Government, with John E Palmer, a dancing teacher for V D Moore.
Today
1875 West 7th (1959) and 4683 West 7th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 220 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Palmer Nathan220 West 7th, p. 478
- Palmer Edw N drvr Johnston Natl Stge1875 West 7th, p. 478
- *Palmer C E4683 West 7th, p. 193
- Palmer Chas E acct Can Govt4683 West 7th, p. 478
- Palmer John E dancing tchr V D Moore4683 West 7th, p. 478
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Palmers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Palmer 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.