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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Perretts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Perrett 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.

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Where the Perretts 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

    850 East 32nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Perrett, an agent for Metro Life 1940
    • Margaret A Perrett, a stenographer for F W Crickard 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Brannan at 842. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2834 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F L G Perrett, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: V R Everett at 2820. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    518 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George E Perrett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel at 514 and Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3050 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Perrett, a scaler at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: D I Butler at 3038 and C C Culley at 3072. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an agent, a fireman, a scaler and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 R Perrett at 850 East 32nd Avenue; 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 Roy Perrett there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life, with Margaret A Perrett, a stenographer for F W Crickard. In 1940 the directory lists F L G Perrett at 2834 East 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank L G Perrett there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

The 1940 name section lists George E Perrett at 518 Richards Street. H Perrett is listed at 3050 West 28th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Perrett there as the householder, a scaler at the BC Government.

Today

850 East 32nd, 2834 East 6th, 518 Richards and 3050 West 28th still have their buildings from before 1946, 850 East 32nd and 518 Richards on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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

The book of the Perretts

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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.