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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pomeroys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Pomeroy at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Pomeroys 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

    500 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ray Pomeroy, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Smith at 504. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    543 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Pomeroy, a manager at Vancouver Coal Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Short at 539 and A Stewart at 549. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1122 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Pomeroy, a secretary-treasurer at Vancouver Coal Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Lacamall at 1110 and C A Pamplin at 1130. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4000 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs Annie T Pomeroy 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Cutler at 4010. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3648 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Annie Pomeroy, widow of J H 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S West at 3642 and G L Steeves at 3656. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    150 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Margaret M Pomeroy, an operator at Family Service Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Wimble at 148 and F Robins at 156. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a manager, an operator and a secretary-treasurer. Two of them worked for Vancouver Coal Sales. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Ray Pomeroy at 500 Dunsmuir Street, a clerk. J Pomeroy is listed at 543 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Pomeroy there as the householder, a foreman at Vancouver Coal Sales, with John R Pomeroy, a manager at Vancouver Coal Sales.

F Pomeroy is listed at 1122 East 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Pomeroy there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at Vancouver Coal Sales. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie T Pomeroy at 4000 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Annie Pomeroy at 3648 West 2nd Avenue, widow of J H.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret M Pomeroy at 150 West 8th Avenue, an operator at Family Service Laundry.

Today

500 Dunsmuir, 3648 West 2nd and 150 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 500 Dunsmuir on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1122 East 18th (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 543 East 10th and 4000 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Pomeroys

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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.