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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Perrys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Perry at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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

    12 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C W Perry, a caretaker at View Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    685 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Perry, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N L Houghton at 675. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1009 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W W Perry, a chauffeur for Star Cabs 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a caretaker and a chauffeur.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) 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 C W Perry at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles W Perry there as the householder, a caretaker at View Court. In 1940 the directory lists G Perry at 685 West 10th 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 lists George Perry there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists W W Perry at 1009 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred W Perry there as the householder, a chauffeur for Star Cabs.

Today

12 West 10th and 1009 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 685 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, street section

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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.