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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Picots

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Picot at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Picots 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

    1006 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Picot (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Pond at 1010. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1118 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frank Picot, a checker at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: oliver at 1116 and R Davison at 1120. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3257 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Picot, a steward at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miller at 3249 and S S Byrne at 3273. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a checker and a steward.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Picot (no first name printed) at 1006 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Picot at 1118 Pendrell Street, a checker at the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists J Picot at 3257 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joshua Picot there as the householder, a steward at the CPR.

Today

3257 West 11th (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1006 Harwood and 1118 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Picots

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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.