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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Peverells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Peverell at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Peverelle. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Peverells 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

    1206 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • F R Peverell, a conductor 1940
    • Frances M Peverell, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Everett at 1230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8662 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • L A Peverelle, a watchman at United Distillers 1940
    • Gerald L Peverelle, a dairyman at Frasea Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Davis at 8612 and Mrs F Dando at 8676. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a conductor, a dairyman, a saleswoman and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole and West End. 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 F R Peverell at 1206 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis R Peverell there as the householder, a conductor, with Frances M Peverell, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists L A Peverelle at 8662 Shaughnessy Street. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence A Peverelle there as the householder, a watchman at United Distillers, with Gerald L Peverelle, a dairyman at Frasea Farms.

Today

The City no longer lists 1206 Haro and 8662 Shaughnessy, so those buildings are 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

The book of the Peverells

Every directory, as one book

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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.