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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peterses

In the city directories 1940 · 63 addresses on 51 streets

The directories print the Peters name at 63 addresses on 51 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Peterses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Fairview9 addresses
  2. Downtown7 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  6. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  7. Marpole4 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  9. Kitsilano3 addresses
  10. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  11. West Point Grey3 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Strathcona2 addresses
  15. Sunset2 addresses
  16. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  17. Mount Pleasant1 address
  18. Shaughnessy1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Barclay StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Edgar G Peters, Lawrenee W Peters and Marian Peters
    1940
  2. 2
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; five people: Mrs K A Peters, N F Peters, Edna J Peters and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 7th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview; five people: J M Peters, S A Peters, Bernice Peters and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    Cypress StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: D Peters and F J Peters
    1940
  5. 5
    Elm StreetTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; five people: H T Peters, Albert H Peters, Alberta M E Peters and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Mrs M E Peters and William J Peters
    1940
  7. 7
    Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: J Peters and Jack Peters
    1940
  8. 8
    Venables StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; three people: E F Peters, E Peters and Hilda Peters
    1940
  9. 9
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: G A Peters and J D Peters
    1940
  10. 10
    Arbutus StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: S E Peters
    1940
  11. 11
    Balaclava StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: Lilian B Peters
    1940
  12. 12
    Carrall StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Audo Peters
    1940

39 more streets, by name: Charles Street (1), Clarendon Street (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Fleming Street (1), French Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Howe Street (1), Kingsway (1), Main Street (1), McGill Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Osler Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sherbrooke Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Waverley Avenue (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 65th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 63 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 37; each street's page names them.

The book of the Peterses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under P. Want a name removed? Tell us.