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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peppers

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at seven addresses

The directories print 14 people named Pepper at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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: four Peppers at 1334 Laburnum in 1940.

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Where the Peppers 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

    6958 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W M Pepper, a salesman 1940
    • Doris B Pepper, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Vera M Pepper, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Lancaster at 6942 and R E Livingston at 6976. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1017 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Arthur J Pepper 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Thomas at 1023. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    125 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Georgina Pepper, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Lee at 115 and F Marriott at 135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2776 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Paul Pepper, a helper at Hammonds 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Miller at 2766 and W P Drummond at 2796. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1334 Laburnum Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Pepper 1940
    • Doris R Pepper, a stenographer at Cave & Co 1940
    • Iris M Pepper, a hairdresser at Woodward's 1940
    • Joan P Pepper 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Kocsik at 1322 and O D Atkinson at 1344. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    155 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Adrian Pepper 1940
    • Harry Pepper 1940
    • Ivy Pepper 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sallis at 129 and I Ebata at 161. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1028 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs E Pepper, widow of J F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Beddome at 1036. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the 14: a hairdresser, a helper, a music teacher, a nurse, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 W M Pepper at 6958 Cypress 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred M Pepper there as the householder, a salesman, with Doris B Pepper, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Vera M Pepper, a student. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Pepper at 1017 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Georgina Pepper at 125 East 8th Avenue, a music teacher.

The 1940 name section lists Paul Pepper at 2776 East Georgia Street, a helper at Hammonds. F Pepper is listed at 1334 Laburnum Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred Pepper there as the householder, with Doris R Pepper, a stenographer at Cave & Co, Iris M Pepper, a hairdresser at Woodward's, and Joan P Pepper. The 1940 name section lists Adrian Pepper at 155 West 6th Avenue, with Harry Pepper and Ivy Pepper.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Pepper, rooms to let, at 1028 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Pepper there, widow of J F.

Today

1017 East 13th and 1334 Laburnum still have their buildings from before 1946; 6958 Cypress (2016) and 2776 East Georgia (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 125 East 8th, 155 West 6th and 1028 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.