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The Pennyways

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Pennyway at three addresses in 1940 in Grandview-Woodland. 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 Pennyways at 2356 Turner in 1940.

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Where the Pennyways 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

    2164 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Pennyway, a driver at Excelsior Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A V Primrose at 2156 and Mrs L E Young at 2180. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2356 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Pennyway 1940
    • Theresa Pennyway, a labeller at Hedlunds 1940
    • William Pennyway, a yardman at Excelsior Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Smith at 2324 and A Pennyway at 2360. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2360 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Pennyway, a driver at Excelsior Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Pennyway at 2356. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver (2), a labeller and a yardman. Three of them worked for Excelsior Lumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3). 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 J Pennyway at 2164 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Pennyway there, a driver at Excelsior Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists F Pennyway at 2356 Turner 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 Frank Pennyway there as the householder, with Theresa Pennyway, a labeller at Hedlunds, and William Pennyway, a yardman at Excelsior Lumber.

In 1940 the directory lists A Pennyway at 2360 Turner Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Anthony Pennyway there as the householder, a driver at Excelsior Lumber.

Today

2164 Kitchener, 2356 Turner and 2360 Turner still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.