A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pitchers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Pitcher 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 Pitchers lived
- 1
614 East 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- F T Pitcher 1940
- Ruby G Pitcher 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Fraser at 612 and A F McGuffin at 630. The block, door by door
- 2
5711 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A F Pitcher, retired 1940
- Janie V Pitcher 1940
Next door in 1940: G Simpson at 5737. The block, door by door
- 3
2357 Oxford Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- L Pitcher, a carpenter at BC Marine 1940
Next door in 1940: T Takenaka at 2327 and C A Johnson at 2391. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a carpenter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale 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
In 1940 the directory lists F T Pitcher at 614 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick T Pitcher there as the householder, with Ruby G Pitcher. In 1940 the directory lists A F Pitcher at 5711 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 lists Alva F Pitcher there as the householder, retired, with Janie V Pitcher.
In 1940 the directory lists L Pitcher at 2357 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lewis Pitcher there as the householder, a carpenter at BC Marine.
Today
614 East 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 5711 Marguerite (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2357 Oxford, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Pitcher F T614 East 19th, p. 228
- Pitcher Fredk T614 East 19th, p. 496
- Pitcher Ruby G614 East 19th, p. 496
- *Pitcher A F5711 Marguerite, p. 111
- Pitcher Alva F retired5711 Marguerite, p. 496
- Pitcher Janie V5711 Marguerite, p. 496
- *Pitcher L2357 Oxford, p. 123
- Pitcher Lewis carp BC Marine2357 Oxford, p. 496
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.