A family name on Venables Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Peterses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Peters at two addresses in 1940, all on Venables Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 50 other streets too, all listed on the Peters name's own page.
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Where the Peterses lived
- 1
1217 Venables Street
Strathcona, 1940
- E F Peters, a plumber at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Vernon Serv Station at 1201 and J Noga at 1249. The block, door by door
- 2
1946 Venables Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- E Peters, a longshoreman 1940
- Hilda Peters, an operator at Bowmans Apron & Uniform 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Walker at 1956. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a longshoreman, an operator and a plumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 E F Peters at 1217 Venables 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 Ernest F Peters there as the householder, a plumber at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists E Peters at 1946 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Peters there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Hilda Peters, an operator at Bowmans Apron & Uniform.
Today
1946 Venables (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1217 Venables, 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.
- *Peters E F1217 Venables, p. 160
- Peters Ernest F plmbr Van Genl Hosp1217 Venables, p. 490
- *Peters E1946 Venables, p. 160
- Peters Edw lngshmn1946 Venables, p. 490
- Peters Hilda opr Bowmans Apron & Uniform1946 Venables, p. 491
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.
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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.