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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Prouds

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Proud 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. The most under one roof: three Prouds at 5535 Trafalgar in 1940.

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Where the Prouds 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

    643 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R A Proud, a painter 1940
    • Clarence R Proud, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Taylor at 649. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    9015 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C M Proud, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H McFarlane at 9007 and Murdoch's Mkt at 9023. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3019 Prince Edward Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Claude T Proud, a painter 1940
  4. 4

    5535 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J G Proud, a postman 1940
    • Beatrice E Proud 1940
    • Bernard A Proud, a driver at Campbell Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Tarr at 5525 and R H Taylor at 5545. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1963 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • C M Proud, a grocer 1940
    • Frank M Proud, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Cook at 1957 and J R Finlay at 1971. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a painter (3), a driver, a grocer and a postman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Arbutus Ridge, Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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 R A Proud at 643 East 11th 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 Robert A Proud there as the householder, a painter, with Clarence R Proud, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists C M Proud, a grocer, at 9015 Hudson Street. The 1940 name section lists Claude T Proud at 3019 Prince Edward Street as the householder, a painter.

In 1940 the directory lists J G Proud at 5535 Trafalgar Street. The 1940 name section lists John G Proud there as the householder, a postman, with Beatrice E Proud, and Bernard A Proud, a driver at Campbell Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists C M Proud at 1963 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence M Proud there as the householder, a grocer, with Frank M Proud, a student at UBC.

Today

643 East 11th and 5535 Trafalgar still have their buildings from before 1946; 1963 West 36th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 9015 Hudson and 3019 Prince Edward, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Prouds

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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.