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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Postgates

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Postgate at three 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 Postgates at 1962 East 2nd in 1940.

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Where the Postgates 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

    1962 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Postgate, a bookkeeper at Royal City Coal 1940
    • Imogene Postgate 1940
    • Richard G Postgate, a laborer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P A Joseph at 1958 and S A Miles at 1968. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    835 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W Postgate, a manager at Royal City Coal 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Ainsworth at 807. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    344 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Walter Postgate, a stone cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Goodwill Activities Assn at 346. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bookkeeper, a laborer, a manager and a stone cutter. Two of them worked for Royal City Coal.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 J Postgate at 1962 East 2nd 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 John Postgate there as the householder, a fisherman, with John Postgate Jr, a bookkeeper at Royal City Coal, Imogene Postgate, and Richard G Postgate, a laborer at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists W Postgate at 835 East 55th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Postgate there as the householder, a manager at Royal City Coal, with W Postgate, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Walter Postgate at 344 East Hastings Street, a stone cutter.

Today

1962 East 2nd and 344 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 835 East 55th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.