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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Postills

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Postill 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.

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Where the Postills 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

    1525 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs L J Postill, widow of K S 1940
    • Cath W Postill, a dietitian 1940

    Next door in 1940: B W Swain at 1523 and Mrs S G Brabazon at 1529. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7982 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Alfred J Postill, a car washer for S W Code 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Langford at 7972 and 64th & Granville Service Sta at 7994. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2128 West 44th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Eleanor Postill, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: P C Vickerstaff at 2116 and H E Clifford at 2134. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a car washer and a dietitian. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale and Marpole. 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 Mrs L J Postill at 1525 East 3rd 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 Laura J Postill there as the householder, widow of K S, with Cath W Postill, a dietitian. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J Postill at 7982 Granville Street, a car washer for S W Code. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor Postill at 2128 West 44th Avenue, widow of A.

Today

The City no longer lists 1525 East 3rd, 7982 Granville and 2128 West 44th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.