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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Prevosts

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Prevost 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 Prevosts 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

    219 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Prevost 1940

    Next door in 1940: Acme Lock & Key Serv at 217 and Scandinavian Baptist Mission at 259. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3367 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H S Prevost, proprietor of English China Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Gillis at 3349. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4234 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C J Prevost, a salesman at BC Stevens Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Evans at 4224 and G E Foster at 4250. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Strathcona 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 Prevost at 219 East Cordova Street. H S Prevost is listed at 3367 West 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hugh S Prevost there as the householder, proprietor of English China Shop.

C J Prevost is listed at 4234 West 9th Avenue 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 Charles J Prevost there as the householder, a salesman at BC Stevens Co.

Today

4234 West 9th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 219 East Cordova and 3367 West 20th, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Prevosts

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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.