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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Proudfoots

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Proudfoot at four 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 Proudfoots 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

    732 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Alex Proudfoot 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Miyauchi at 710 and J Wilson at 736. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4149 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Proudfoot, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Watson at 4161. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2200 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss R Proudfoot 1940
    • Ruth Proudfoot, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Robbins at 2216. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1642 Woodland Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Proudfoot, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940
    • Mrs Annie Proudfoot 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Eddleston at 1632 and R T Venn at 1644. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a laborer, an on active service and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Strathcona. 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 Alex Proudfoot at 732 Alexander Street. A Proudfoot is listed at 4149 Prince Albert Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Proudfoot there as the householder, on active service.

Miss R Proudfoot is listed at 2200 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ruth Proudfoot there as the householder, a saleswoman. J Proudfoot is listed at 1642 Woodland Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Proudfoot there as the householder, a laborer at Burns & Co, with Mrs Annie Proudfoot.

Today

2200 West 5th and 1642 Woodland Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 4149 Prince Albert (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 732 Alexander, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Proudfoots

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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.