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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pearceys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Pearcey 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 Pearceys at 2213 Franklin in 1940.

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Where the Pearceys 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

    2213 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Chris Pearcey 1940
    • James Pearcey, a branch manager at Superior Stores 1940
    • Violet N Pearcey, an assistant matron at the CN Institute 1940
  2. 2

    4562 Sophia Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Pearcey 1940
    • Mrs Violet E Pearcey, of Jarvis Dyers & Cleaners 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E V Strople at 4554 and R A Leyburn at 4572. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1655 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Annie A Pearcey, a nurse for M R Brotman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Meggitt at 1647 and E Healman at 1657. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1886 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Pearcey, widow of G S 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Jones at 1866 and Dr M McC Baird at 1896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an assistant matron, a branch manager and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Chris Pearcey at 2213 Franklin Street, with Chris Pearcey Jr, James Pearcey, a branch manager at Superior Stores, and Violet N Pearcey, an assistant matron at the CN Institute. W Pearcey is listed at 4562 Sophia Street 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 Walter Pearcey there as the householder, with Mrs Violet E Pearcey, of Jarvis Dyers & Cleaners. The 1940 name section lists Annie A Pearcey at 1655 West 14th Avenue, a nurse for M R Brotman.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Pearcey at 1886 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Emily Pearcey there as the householder, widow of G S.

Today

4562 Sophia and 1886 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2213 Franklin and 1655 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Pearceys

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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.