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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Plumridges

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Plumridge at three addresses in 1940 in Marpole. 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 Plumridges 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

    1626 West 68th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • W G Plumridge, a switchman at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • Bertram A Plumridge, a delivery at Marpole Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Francis at 1616 and T Johnstone at 1636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1665 West 68th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • L Plumridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Vroom at 1645 and F Hollingsworth at 1675. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1325 West 73rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Clarence Plumridge, a driver for E Lipsett 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Davey at 1375. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a delivery, a driver and a switchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (3). 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 W G Plumridge at 1626 West 68th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Plumridge there as the householder, a switchman at the National Harbours Board, with Bertram A Plumridge, a delivery at Marpole Meat Market. In 1940 the directory lists L Plumridge at 1665 West 68th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence Plumridge there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Clarence Plumridge at 1325 West 73rd Avenue, a driver for E Lipsett.

Today

1626 West 68th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1665 West 68th and 1325 West 73rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.