A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pekonens
In the city directories 1940 · one person at one address
The directories print one person named Pekonen at one address, 1582 West 68th Avenue in Marpole, in 1940.
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 Pekonens at home
- 1
1582 West 68th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- H Pekonen 1940
Next door in 1940: T H White at 1576 and E J S Barr at 1588. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Marpole. 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 H Pekonen at 1582 West 68th 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).
Today
1582 West 68th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
The line printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Pekonen H1582 West 68th, p. 272
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Pekonens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Pekonen 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.