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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pritchetts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Pritchett 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 Pritchetts 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

    420 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H J Pritchett 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Keech at 412 and J Mitchell at 428. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3349 Mayfair Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Annie L Pritchett 1940
    • Edward A Pritchett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Mudiman at 3335 and H S Chadwick at 3363. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2986 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H J Pritchett, a manager at Gore Blue Print 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Kennedy at 2976 and T Hart at 2996. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 J Pritchett at 420 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold J Pritchett there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Annie L Pritchett at 3349 Mayfair Avenue, with Edward A Pritchett, retired.

H J Pritchett is listed at 2986 West 11th 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 Harold J Pritchett there as the householder, a manager at Gore Blue Print.

Today

420 East 24th and 2986 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3349 Mayfair, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.