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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Prowses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Prowse at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Prowses 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

    1524 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Annie R Prowse, widow of G M 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H March at 1530. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1374 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C A Prowse, a clerk at Marpole Coal 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Sakariassen at 1364 and J Argo at 1384. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1775 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Albert S W Prowse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Russell at 1765 and J W Baird at 1785. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    968 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W J Prowse, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Wood at 966 and N Cosco at 970. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Annie R Prowse at 1524 Kitchener Street, widow of G M. C A Prowse is listed at 1374 West 10th 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 Cecil A Prowse there as the householder, a manager at Marpole Coal and Marpole Towing, with Cecil A Prowse Jr, a clerk at Marpole Coal. The 1940 name section lists Albert S W Prowse at 1775 West 11th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Prowse at 968 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wallace J Prowse there as the householder, retired.

Today

1524 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1374 West 10th (1956) and 1775 West 11th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 968 West 8th, so that building is 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 Prowses

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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.