A family name on East 45th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Porters
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Porter at three addresses in 1940, all on East 45th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 53 other streets too, all listed on the Porter name's own page.
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Where the Porters lived
- 1
616 East 45th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W S Porter, a conductor at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: S Muraki at 606 and D J Fawcett at 626. The block, door by door
- 2
1019 East 45th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W Porter, a longshoreman 1940
- Anna E Porter 1940
Next door in 1940: E Thun-Hohenstein at 1011. The block, door by door
- 3
2136 East 45th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- A L Porter, an operator 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Cowan at 2142. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a conductor, a longshoreman and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 S Porter at 616 East 45th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists W Stewart Porter there as the householder, a conductor at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists W Porter at 1019 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Porter there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Anna E Porter.
In 1940 the directory lists A L Porter at 2136 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Porter there as the householder, an operator.
Today
616 East 45th (1983) and 2136 East 45th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1019 East 45th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Porter W S616 East 45th, p. 261
- Porter W Stewart cond CPR616 East 45th, p. 499
- *Porter W1019 East 45th, p. 261
- Porter Anna E1019 East 45th, p. 499
- Porter Wm lngshmn1019 East 45th, p. 499
- *Porter A L2136 East 45th, p. 261
- Porter Arth L opr BCE Power & Gas2136 East 45th, p. 499
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Porters
Every directory, as one book
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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.