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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peaches

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Peach at six addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Peaches 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

    419 Aubrey Place

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E W Peach 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H McEwen at 411 and B Brown at 429. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • J S Peach 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    395 East 36th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S A Peach, a sweeper at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: A I Kelly at 389. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5218 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Myrtle Peach 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Lang at 5206 and C D Coffin at 5230. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • T J Peach, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    948 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary Peach, who worked for City Hall Lunch Room 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Manuel at 934 and G Kellett at 956. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a sweeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), West End (2) and Fairview. 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 E W Peach at 419 Aubrey Place; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). J S Peach is listed at 1065 Bute Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists S A Peach at 395 East 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam A Peach there as the householder, a sweeper at American Can.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Myrtle Peach at 5218 Prince Edward Street. T J Peach is listed at 998 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Peach there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mary Peach at 948 West 13th Avenue, who worked for City Hall Lunch Room.

Today

419 Aubrey Place, 1065 Bute, 395 East 36th, 5218 Prince Edward and 998 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 948 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.