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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Picks

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Pick at three 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 Picks lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2119 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • James C Pick, a painter at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Haughton at 2111 and P Gabbani at 2131. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3157 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Mrs E A Pick 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J V Gray at 3143 and J Hargreaves at 3163. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4531 James Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Maxine Pick, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: G McBratney at 4521 and E Christensen at 4539. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bookkeeper and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney and Riley Park. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James C Pick at 2119 East 39th Avenue, a painter at the Vancouver General Hospital. Mrs E A Pick is listed at 3157 East 47th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eva A Pick there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Maxine Pick at 4531 James Street, a bookkeeper.

Today

4531 James still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2119 East 39th (1990) and 3157 East 47th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Picks

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.