A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Porters
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Porter at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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
395 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Porter 1940
Next door in 1940: W Pedlow at 365 and D T Ashley at 397. The block, door by door
- 2
1055 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Julia Porter, widow of L 1940
Next door in 1940: J Baron at 1045 and K Katznelson at 1065. The block, door by door
- 3
4248 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C W Porter, a stenographer at Tees & Persse 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Henson at 4238 and W T Newman at 4276. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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 John Porter at 395 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Julia Porter at 1055 West 14th Avenue, widow of L. In 1940 the directory lists C W Porter at 4248 West 14th 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 Clarence W Porter there as the householder, a stenographer at Tees & Persse.
Today
395 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4248 West 14th (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1055 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Porter John395 West 14th, p. 499
- Porter Julia wid L dom Mrs S L Robertson1055 West 14th, p. 499
- *Porter C W4248 West 14th, p. 217
- Porter Clarence W sten Tees & Persse4248 West 14th, p. 499
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Porters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Porter 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.