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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Parents

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Parent at five 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 Parents 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

    667 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • L J Parent, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hutchison at 665 and Mrs O Bellerby at 675. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    750 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles L M Parent, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Castle Cigar Stand at 748 and Mrs M Dickey at 752. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2152 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Parent, a millwright 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Boeur at 2144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1366 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Annie Parent 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Troll at 1358 and W Enman at 1372. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3229 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret Parent, widow of L 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F P Wright at 3227 and M Chechik at 3241. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a grocer, a millwright and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Parent, a grocer, at 667 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists L John Parent there, a grocer. The 1940 name section lists Charles L M Parent at 750 Granville Street, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service.

J Parent is listed at 2152 Pandora 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 Joseph Parent there as the householder, a millwright. The 1940 name section lists Annie Parent at 1366 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Parent at 3229 West 11th Avenue, widow of L.

Today

3229 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 667 East 15th, 750 Granville, 2152 Pandora and 1366 Seymour, 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, 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.