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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pennings

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Penning 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 Pennings lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    686 East 48th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G Penning, a metal worker at Begg Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Dorman at 676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2531 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Florence Penning, a maid for C L McAlpine 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Lothgren at 2525. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4907 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M Penning, an upholsterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Logan at 4921. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid, a metal worker and an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 Penning at 686 East 48th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Penning there as the householder, a metal worker at Begg Motors. The 1940 name section lists Florence Penning at 2531 Point Grey Road, a maid for C L McAlpine.

M Penning is listed at 4907 Prince Edward Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Math Penning there as the householder, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery, with Michael Penning, an upholsterer.

Today

2531 Point Grey Road and 4907 Prince Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 686 East 48th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Pennings

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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.