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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peels

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Peel at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Peels 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

    8375 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • G W Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Elliott at 8347. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1245 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • W Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Hobbs at 1225 and Miss M L Alexander at 1285. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6330 Macdonald Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E J Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Watkins at 6350. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3755 Sophia Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Nicoll at 3751. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3911 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L McBain at 3905 and W C Crack at 3919. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3400 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E L Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Mair at 3406. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1415 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • A Peel 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W McDonald at 1405 and J Johnston at 1427. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Riley Park, West End and 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 G W Peel at 8375 Cartier 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). W Peel is listed at 1245 Harwood Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists E J Peel at 6330 Macdonald Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. E Peel is listed at 3755 Sophia Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists J Peel at 3911 West 14th Avenue. E L Peel is listed at 3400 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists A Peel at 1415 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

3755 Sophia, 3911 West 14th, 3400 West 2nd and 1415 West 64th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1245 Harwood (2018) and 6330 Macdonald (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8375 Cartier, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 8375 Cartier: no archive photo of the 8300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Peels

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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.