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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Poultons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Poulton at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Poultons 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

    2906 Carolina Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H S Poulton 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Steven at 2910. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    318 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W J Poulton, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: De Luxe Barber Shop at 312 and Rubber Northern at 360. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6808 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W J Poulton, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Atkinson at 6826. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2770 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frederick Poulton, a baker at Polly Ann Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Drake at 2762 and P E Henders at 2776. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    717 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C W T Poulton, a machinist at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Orr at 715 and R T Elworthy at 719. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a baker, a machinist and a manufacturers agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 H S Poulton at 2906 Carolina Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harvey S Poulton there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W J Poulton, a manufacturers agent, at 318 Homer Street.

W J Poulton is listed at 6808 Marguerite 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 William J Poulton there as the householder, a manufacturers agent. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Poulton at 2770 West 10th Avenue, a baker at Polly Ann Bakeries.

In 1940 the directory lists C W T Poulton at 717 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecil W T Poulton there as the householder, a machinist at the CNR.

Today

318 Homer and 2770 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6808 Marguerite (1995) and 717 West 8th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2906 Carolina, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.