A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pools
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Pool at two addresses in 1940 in Downtown. 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 Pools lived
- 1
1006 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Alex Pool, a salesman at Vancouver Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: Belmont Grill at 1012. The block, door by door
- 2
1268 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- T K Pool, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Abbott at 1262 and D O'Sullivan at 1270. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Alex Pool at 1006 Granville Street, a salesman at Vancouver Supplies. T K Pool is listed at 1268 Howe 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 Thomas K Pool there as the householder, retired.
Today
The City no longer lists 1006 Granville and 1268 Howe, 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.
- Pool Alex slsmn Van Supp1006 Granville, p. 498
- *Pool T K1268 Howe, p. 88
- Pool Thos K retired1268 Howe, p. 498
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Pools
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Pool 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.