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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peltons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Pelton at three 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 Peltons 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

    570 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G V Pelton, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bus Terminal Shoe Shine at 564. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3403 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F B Pelton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Stonehouse at 3409. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1585 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G V Pelton 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Smalley at 1575 and H S Harvey at 1595. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview 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

In 1940 the directory lists G V Pelton, a barrister, at 570 Dunsmuir Street. F B Pelton is listed at 3403 Prince Edward Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists G V Pelton at 1585 West 13th Avenue.

Today

570 Dunsmuir, 3403 Prince Edward and 1585 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Peltons

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Pelton 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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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.