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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Polglases

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Polglase at four 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. The most under one roof: three Polglases at 2233 East 7th in 1940.

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Where the Polglases lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    524 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W J Polglase, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Sinclair at 508 and E Cole at 552. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    445 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Polglase, a decorator 1940
    • Ernest L Polglase, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S L McDonald at 435 and W T Burke at 449. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2233 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Polglase, a gardener 1940
    • Dorothy Polglase, a saleswoman for Patisserie Parisienne 1940
    • W James Polglase, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Cadlick at 2227 and J Moffat at 2239. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    208 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • James Polglase, a guard 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hainsworth at 218. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a carpenter, a decorator, a gardener, a guard, a laborer and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Grandview-Woodland 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 W J Polglase at 524 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Polglase there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's. In 1940 the directory lists J Polglase, a decorator, at 445 East 49th Avenue; 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 James Polglase there as the householder, a decorator, with Ernest L Polglase, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists J Polglase at 2233 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Polglase there as the householder, a gardener, with Dorothy Polglase, a saleswoman for Patisserie Parisienne, and W James Polglase, a student. The 1940 name section lists James Polglase at 208 West 21st Avenue, a guard.

Today

524 East 45th and 2233 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 445 East 49th (2010) and 208 West 21st (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.