A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Paynes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Payne at one address, 4749 West 2nd Avenue in West Point Grey, in 1940. The directories print the name on 32 other streets too, all listed on the Payne 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.
The Paynes at home
Point Grey
- 1
4749 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs A L Payne, widow of R R 1940
- Robert L Payne, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Phillips at 4741 and J M Macmillan at 4755. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 Mrs A L Payne at 4749 West 2nd 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 Annie L Payne there as the householder, widow of R R, with Robert L Payne, a student at UBC.
Today
4749 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Payne Mrs A L4749 West 2nd, p. 177
- Payne Annie L wid R R4749 West 2nd, p. 484
- Payne Robt L studt UBC4749 West 2nd, p. 485
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.