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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Poffs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Poff 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 Poffs 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

    1257 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Jenny Poff 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss P Naster at 1255 and 5 listings at 1259. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1206 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J S Poff, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2870 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H E Poff 1940

    Next door in 1940: Realty Broadway at 2842 and S M Scott at 2882. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano 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 Mrs Jenny Poff at 1257 Alberni Street. J S Poff, a barber, is listed at 1206 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists H E Poff at 2870 West Broadway.

Today

The City no longer lists 1257 Alberni, 1206 Granville and 2870 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Poffs

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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.