A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Plaxtons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Plaxton 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.
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Where the Plaxtons lived
- 1
1813 Morton Avenue
West End, 1940
- Harold W Plaxton, a police officer 1940
- Mrs I J Plaxton 1940
Next door in 1940: English Bay Shoe Repreg at 1807 and S Bozman at 1835. The block, door by door
- 2
2934 Ontario Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C Plaxton, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: M Dery at 2928 and J O'Brien at 2940. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an engineer and a police officer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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 Harold W Plaxton at 1813 Morton Avenue, a police officer, with Mrs I J Plaxton. C Plaxton is listed at 2934 Ontario Street 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 Charles Plaxton there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
2934 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1813 Morton, so that building is 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.
- Plaxton Harold W police1813 Morton, p. 496
- Plaxton Mrs I J1813 Morton, p. 496
- *Plaxton C2934 Ontario, p. 122
- Plaxton Chas eng2934 Ontario, p. 496
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Plaxtons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Plaxton name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.