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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peases

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at five addresses

The directories print eleven people named Pease at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Peases at 1847 Barclay in 1940.

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Where the Peases 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

    1847 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • R A Pease, retired 1940
    • Jocelyn S Pease, a stenographer for J W Boyd 1940
    • R Charles A Pease 1940

    Next door in 1940: waldron (the) at 1835 and Dr W E Ainley at 1865. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2315 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Herman J Pease, a laborer at Active Trading 1940

    Next door in 1940: T B Roberts at 2321. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2534 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs Z Pease 1940
    • Audrey M Pease, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Calder at 2526 and J Greig at 2576. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6111 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Audrey I Pease, a stenographer 1940
    • Cleveland M Pease, proprietor of Pease Vancouver & Storage 1940
    • Fred L Pease, a clerk at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr W Morris at 6137. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3803 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A F Pease, a manager at Wonder Products 1940
    • A T Pease, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Houston at 3811. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: a stenographer (2), a clerk, an employee, a laborer, a manager and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 R A Pease at 1847 Barclay Street; 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 Robert A Pease there as the householder, retired, with Robert A Pease, retired, Jocelyn S Pease, a stenographer for J W Boyd, Jocelyn S Pease, a stenographer for J W Boyd, R Charles A Pease, and R Charles A Pease. The 1940 name section lists Herman J Pease at 2315 Columbia Street, a laborer at Active Trading, with Herman J Pease, a laborer at Active Trading.

Mrs Z Pease is listed at 2534 East 28th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Zoe Pease there as the householder, with Mrs Zoe Pease, Audrey M Pease, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Audrey M Pease, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Audrey I Pease at 6111 Marguerite Street, a stenographer, with Audrey I Pease, a stenographer, Cleveland M Pease, proprietor of Pease Vancouver & Storage, Cleveland M Pease, proprietor of Pease Vancouver & Storage, Fred L Pease, a clerk at the Province, and Fred L Pease, a clerk at the Province.

In 1940 the directory lists A F Pease at 3803 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Allan F Pease there as the householder, a manager at Wonder Products, with Allan F Pease, a manager at Wonder Products, A T Pease, a salesman at Woodward's, and A T Pease, a salesman at Woodward's.

Today

1847 Barclay (1953), 6111 Marguerite (1992) and 3803 West 26th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2315 Columbia and 2534 East 28th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1847 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 25 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.