A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset
The Perrys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Perry at two addresses in 1940, all on Quebec Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Perrys at 3328 Quebec in 1940. 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
- 1
3328 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- W H Perry, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- D Norman Perry, a baker at Polly Ann Bakeries 1940
- Lewis H Perry, a wrapper at Polly Ann Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: W Martin at 3320. The block, door by door
- 2
4547 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Frederick Perry, an apprentice for A H Bennett 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S Lee at 4539 and E F Andrews at 4555. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a baker, a car repairer and a wrapper. Two of them worked for Polly Ann Bakeries.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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 W H Perry at 3328 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Perry there as the householder, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway, with D Norman Perry, a baker at Polly Ann Bakeries, and Lewis H Perry, a wrapper at Polly Ann Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Perry at 4547 Quebec Street, an apprentice for A H Bennett.
Today
4547 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3328 Quebec, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Perry W H3328 Quebec, p. 138
- Perry D Norman baker Polly Ann Bkries3328 Quebec, p. 490
- Perry Lewis H wrapper Polly Ann Bkries3328 Quebec, p. 490
- Perry Wm H car repr BCER3328 Quebec, p. 490
- Perry Fredk appr A H Bennett4547 Quebec, p. 490
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Perrys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Perry name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.