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The Parishes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Parish at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Parrish. 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 Parishes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3593 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W A Parish, a miner 1940
    • Betty P Parish 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Diebel at 3591. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4085 Crown Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R A Parish 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Govier at 4095. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2520 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E Parrish, a builder 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Proctor at 2532. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6925 Laburnum Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G R W Parish, a chief clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Neville at 6907 and L Anderson at 6941. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6941 Laburnum Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • G Philip J Parish, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R W Parish at 6925. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a builder, a chief clerk and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood 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

In 1940 the directory lists W A Parish at 3593 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Parish there as the householder, a miner, with Betty P Parish. In 1940 the directory lists R A Parish at 4085 Crown Crescent.

E Parrish is listed at 2520 East 24th 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 Edwin Parrish there as the householder, a builder. G R W Parish is listed at 6925 Laburnum Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R W Parish there as the householder, a chief clerk at the Liquor Control Board.

The 1940 name section lists G Philip J Parish at 6941 Laburnum Street, a student at UBC.

Today

4085 Crown Crescent and 2520 East 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3593 Commercial, 6925 Laburnum and 6941 Laburnum, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Taken on the 3500 block; it doesn't single out the house at 3593 Commercial. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.