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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Paveys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Pavey at four 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. The most under one roof: three Paveys at 1609 Clark Drive in 1940.

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Where the Paveys 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

    1609 Clark Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Henry L Pavey, an electrician 1940
    • John L Pavey, retired 1940
    • Olive V Pavey, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
  2. 2

    3564 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R T Pavey, an electrician at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Fowler at 3558 and A Buckle at 3578. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    786 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C E Pavey, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Wright at 780 and J Graham at 796. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1794 East 56th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • L H Pavey 1940
    • C H Pavey, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Dixon at 1774. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an electrician (2), a carpenter, a clerk and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Renfrew-Collingwood, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry L Pavey at 1609 Clark Drive, an electrician, with John L Pavey, retired, and Olive V Pavey, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. R T Pavey is listed at 3564 East 28th 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 Roy T Pavey there as the householder, an electrician at BC Sugar.

C E Pavey is listed at 786 East 49th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Pavey there as the householder, a laborer.

C H Pavey is listed at 1794 East 56th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is L H Pavey. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Pavey there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

3564 East 28th (1978) and 786 East 49th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1609 Clark Drive and 1794 East 56th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive
About 1926 Children on the grounds of the open-air school at 20th Avenue and Clark Drive. Not at the house at 1609 Clark Drive: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 96-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Paveys

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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.