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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pickups

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Pickup at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Pickups 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

    890 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert A Pickup, a supervisor at Goodrich Silvertown Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pratt at 880. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1726 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Pickup 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Cummings at 1736. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3215 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Pickup, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: T K McClenahan at 3227. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2986 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Pickup, a mechanic at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Walker at 2976 and J A Franklin at 2996. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mechanic, a school janitor and a supervisor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert A Pickup at 890 Cardero Street, a supervisor at Goodrich Silvertown Stores. J Pickup is listed at 1726 East 13th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists John Pickup there as the householder.

E Pickup is listed at 3215 Venables Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin Pickup there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. J Pickup is listed at 2986 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Pickup there as the householder, a mechanic at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse.

Today

2986 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 3215 Venables (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 890 Cardero and 1726 East 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Pickups

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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.