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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pennocks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Pennock at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Pennocks at 2143 East Pender in 1940.

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Where the Pennocks 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

    175 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Pennock, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2143 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C Pennock, a painter 1940
    • Norman A Pennock, a delivery at Bulman Bros 1940
    • Ralph A Pennock, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Micona at 2135 and G F Clare at 2147. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1759 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • C G Pennock, a stock and bond broker 1940
    • C Strang Pennock, a director at Penock & Penock Ltd and a police officer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr R A Simpson at 1751 and J G Todhunter at 1771. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    525 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C G Pennock, in stocks 1940

    Next door in 1940: H V Tuff at 523 and Georgian Garage at 541. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a delivery, a director, an employee, a laborer, a painter and a stock and bond broker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant 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 C Pennock at 175 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Pennock there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists C Pennock at 2143 East Pender 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 lists Charles Pennock there as the householder, a painter, with Norman A Pennock, a delivery at Bulman Bros, and Ralph A Pennock, who worked for Restmore.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Pennock at 1759 Haro Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Pennock there as the householder, a stock and bond broker, with C Strang Pennock, a director at Penock & Penock Ltd and a police officer at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists C G Pennock, in stocks, at 525 Seymour Street.

Today

175 East Broadway, 2143 East Pender and 525 Seymour still have their buildings from before 1946, 525 Seymour on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1759 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 2143 East Pender: no archive photo of the 2100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Pennocks

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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.