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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pidgeons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Pidgeon at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Pidgeons at 5376 Marguerite in 1940.

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Where the Pidgeons 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

    5376 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R M Pidgeon, a division manager at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Edward B Pidgeon, a student at UBC 1940
    • Frank Pidgeon, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McLean at 5308. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    54 West 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C G Pidgeon, retired 1940
    • Mary A Pidgeon, an elevator operator at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V Favero at 46 and C Calix at 60. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a division manager and an elevator operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and Shaughnessy. 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 R M Pidgeon at 5376 Marguerite 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 Roy M Pidgeon there as the householder, a division manager at Imperial Oil, with Edward B Pidgeon, a student at UBC, and Frank Pidgeon, a student. In 1940 the directory lists C G Pidgeon at 54 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Claude G Pidgeon there as the householder, retired, with Mary A Pidgeon, an elevator operator at Woodward's.

Today

5376 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 54 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street
4 November 1931 A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street. Not at the house at 5376 Marguerite: no archive photo of the 5300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4092. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.