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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Perrys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Perry at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 76 other streets too, all listed on the Perry name's own page.

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Where the Perrys 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

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dr Florence E Perry, a physician 1940
    • H H Perry, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    871 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Perry, a janitor at the Palms Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2017 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • I M Perry, a shipper at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Imperial Bank of Can at 2013 and Clay Signs Ltd at 2019. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2433 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Arnold P Perry, a glazier at J Fraser Glass Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: Billingsgate Fish & Chips at 2429 and A E Mullett at 2435. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a glazier, a janitor, a physician and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Fairview (2). 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 H H Perry, a physician, at 736 Granville Street. By 1940 it is Dr Florence E Perry, a physician. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh H Perry there, a physician. The 1940 name section lists Robert Perry at 871 Granville Street, a janitor at the Palms Hotel.

In 1940 the directory lists I M Perry at 2017 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Ivan M Perry there as the householder, a shipper at Canadian Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Arnold P Perry at 2433 Granville Street, a glazier at J Fraser Glass Works.

Today

736 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 871 Granville, 2017 Granville and 2433 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 736 Granville: no archive photo of the 700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Perrys

Every directory, as one book

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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.