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A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown

The Parkers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Parker at three addresses in 1940, all on Seymour Street. 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 102 other streets too, all listed on the Parker name's own page.

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Where the Parkers 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

    448 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss B E P Parker, a public stenographer 1940
    • Beatrice E P Parker, a public stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Turner Meakin & Co at 446 and Boys' Shop at 456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    889 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs J Parker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Roper's June B C School of Dancing at 887. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1063 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Parker, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Lawson at 1053 and J Naples at 1067. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a logger and a public stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Miss B E P Parker, a public stenographer, at 448 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Beatrice E P Parker there, a public stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Mrs J Parker at 889 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Parker at 1063 Seymour Street, a logger.

Today

The City no longer lists 448 Seymour, 889 Seymour and 1063 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Parkers

Every directory, as one book

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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.