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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Petches

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Petch at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Petches 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

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss B Petch 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Betty Petch, who worked for Hilker Atractions 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1125 Cypress Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R A Petch, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr K J Haig at 1129. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1231 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Petch, a storekeeper at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Menchions at 1207 and J Brown at 1237. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an employee, a salesman and a storekeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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 Miss B Petch at 1065 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Betty Petch at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, who worked for Hilker Atractions. In 1940 the directory lists R A Petch at 1125 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Petch there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

In 1940 the directory lists R Petch at 1231 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Petch there as the householder, a storekeeper at American Can.

Today

1065 Bute, 1086 Bute and 1231 Salsbury Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1125 Cypress, 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.