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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Procters

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Procter at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Procters 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

    985 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Hilda B Procter, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Morley at 977 and Mrs L Doroshenco at 993. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    830 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R G Procter, a shingle packer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Ranniger at 836. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1650 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Phyllis Procter, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Stelfox at 1648 and Mrs M C Wooldridge at 1652. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2670 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Procter, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Treyisan at 2664 and W D Lee at 2672. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    45 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lou Procter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gem Barber Shop at 35 and Palace Cafe at 49. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a saleswoman (2), a decorator and a shingle packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hilda B Procter at 985 Broughton Street, a saleswoman at Woodward's. R G Procter is listed at 830 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy G Procter there as the householder, a shingle packer. The 1940 name section lists Phyllis Procter at 1650 Haro Street, a saleswoman.

In 1940 the directory lists R Procter at 2670 Kitchener Street; 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 Robert Procter there as the householder, a decorator. The 1940 name section lists Lou Procter at 45 West Cordova Street.

Today

985 Broughton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; 830 East 10th (2005) and 2670 Kitchener (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1650 Haro and 45 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Procters

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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.