A family name on Elm Street, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Peterses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Peters at two addresses in 1940, all on Elm 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: four Peterses at 6029 Elm in 1940. The directories print the name on 50 other streets too, all listed on the Peters name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Peterses lived
- 1
6026 Elm Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H T Peters, who worked for the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: C C S Hansen at 6006 and R MacMillan at 6048. The block, door by door
- 2
6029 Elm Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Miss A M E Peters 1940
- Alberta M E Peters, a cashier at Alliance Insurance 1940
- Albert H Peters, retired 1940
- Effie K M Peters, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: D E Gilliland at 6009 and R D Hale at 6049. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a cashier and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 T Peters at 6026 Elm Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry T Peters there as the householder, who worked for the Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A M E Peters at 6029 Elm Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alberta M E Peters there as the householder, a cashier at Alliance Insurance, with Albert H Peters, retired, and Effie K M Peters, a stenographer.
Today
6029 Elm (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6026 Elm, 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.
The book of the Peterses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Peters 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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.