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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Penrices

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Penrice at four 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 Penrices 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

    2664 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Penrice, a manager for J Penrice 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Flanders at 2658 and Lloyd L n s Astley Patent Holding Co Ltd at 2670. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8750 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J Penrice, in auto parking at Hire and Drive 1940
    • Mildred Penrice 1940

    Next door in 1940: H K Sunland at 8722 and A Baylis at 8762. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    945 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Penrice, a garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Hackett at 929 and anglo b c pkg at 989. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1050 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Penrice, an auto parking 1940

    Next door in 1940: Twenty Min Auto Lndy at 1044. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an auto parking and a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Marpole and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Penrice at 2664 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Penrice there as the householder, a manager for J Penrice. In 1940 the directory lists J Penrice at 8750 Osler 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 John Penrice there as the householder, in auto parking at Hire and Drive, with John E Penrice and Mildred Penrice.

In 1940 the directory lists J Penrice, a garage, at 945 West Hastings Street. J Penrice, an auto parking, is listed at 1050 West Hastings Street in 1940.

Today

2664 East 28th (2006) and 8750 Osler (1967) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 945 West Hastings and 1050 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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.