A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Parsonses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Parsons at two addresses in 1940, all on Powell Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Parsons name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Parsonses lived
- 1
56 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs R Parsons, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: Spice Mills National at 54 and S Nabata at 58. The block, door by door
- 2
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- C S Parsons 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Mrs R Parsons, rooms to let, at 56 Powell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists C S Parsons at 123 Powell Street.
Today
56 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1907 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Parsons Mrs R rooms56 Powell, p. 134
- Parsons C S123 Powell, p. 481
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Parsonses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Parsons 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.