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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Perries

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Perrie at four addresses in 1940 in two 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: three Perries at 3182 Adanac in 1940.

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Where the Perries 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

    3182 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A D Perrie, a driver 1940
    • Elizabeth B Perrie, a laundress at Sterling Laundry 1940
    • John Perrie, a helper for W M Ritchie 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Grist at 3170 and J P Sammon at 3190. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2708 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Georgina Perie 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Lowe at 2718. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2986 East 1st Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Perrie, a factory worker at BC Hardwood Floor 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Gianchiglia at 2980 and E S Geary at 2992. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3240 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T Perrie, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H K Berglund at 3232 and Mrs M A Peers at 3266. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a driver, a factory worker, a helper, a laborer and a laundress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A D Perrie at 3182 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew D Perrie there as the householder, a driver, with Elizabeth B Perrie, a laundress at Sterling Laundry, and John Perrie, a helper for W M Ritchie. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Georgina Perie at 2708 Alberta Street.

G Perrie is listed at 2986 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Perrie there as the householder, a factory worker at BC Hardwood Floor. T Perrie is listed at 3240 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Perrie there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

3182 Adanac and 2708 Alberta still have their buildings from before 1946, 2708 Alberta on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2986 East 1st (1993) and 3240 William (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Perries

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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.