A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise
The Paynes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Payne at three addresses in 1940, all on East Broadway. 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 32 other streets too, all listed on the Payne name's own page.
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Where the Paynes lived
- 1
109 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C E Payne, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Mayfair Candy Co at 107 and P D Reid at 147. The block, door by door
- 2
919 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G V Payne, a shipper at Tuckett 1940
Next door in 1940: W P McKee at 909 and T Addie at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1455 East Broadway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H C Payne, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: J Kerr at 1453 and J Rousseau at 1485. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver, a motorman and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 C E Payne at 109 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cyril E Payne there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists G V Payne at 919 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists George V Payne there as the householder, a shipper at Tuckett.
In 1940 the directory lists H C Payne at 1455 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Payne there as the householder, a driver.
Today
919 East Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 109 East Broadway and 1455 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Payne C E109 East Broadway, p. 15
- Payne Cyril E mtrmn BCER109 East Broadway, p. 484
- Payne G V919 East Broadway, p. 16
- Payne Geo V shpr Tuckett919 East Broadway, p. 484
- Payne H C1455 East Broadway, p. 16
- Payne Harry C drvr1455 East Broadway, p. 484
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Paynes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Payne 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.