A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Parricks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Parrick at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Parricks lived
- 1
3844 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- S J Parrick, a brush hand at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: A G Kingcombe at 3838. The block, door by door
- 2
2054 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Sarah Parrick, widow of H E 1940
Next door in 1940: C T Hamilton at 2044 and O E Snead at 2060. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a brush hand. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale 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 S J Parrick at 3844 West 14th 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 Syd J Parrick there as the householder, a brush hand at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Sarah Parrick at 2054 West 44th Avenue, widow of H E.
Today
3844 West 14th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2054 West 44th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Parrick S J3844 West 14th, p. 217
- Parrick Syd J brush hd BCER3844 West 14th, p. 481
- Parrick Sarah wid H E2054 West 44th, p. 481
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Parricks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Parrick 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.