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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Perraults

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Perrault 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 Perraults 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

    1081 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Eugene Perreault, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    27 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E A Perrault, a cook at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Sanderson at 19 and W Everett at 35. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5605 Kerr Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs F F Perrault, widow of E A 1940
    • Ernest G Perrault, a salesman at Copp The Shoe Man 1940

    Next door in 1940: S McKay at 5631. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a cook, a helper and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eugene Perreault at 1081 Burrard Street, a helper at the St Paul's Hospital. E A Perrault is listed at 27 East 26th Avenue in 1940; 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 Edward A Perrault there as the householder, a cook at the CPR.

Mrs F F Perrault is listed at 5605 Kerr Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Flossie F Perrault there as the householder, widow of E A, with Ernest G Perrault, a salesman at Copp The Shoe Man.

Today

1081 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 27 East 26th (1976) and 5605 Kerr (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.