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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Prudens

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Pruden at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Prudens 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

    679 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W A Pruden, a telegraph operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Chocolates Purdy at 675 and Eng Chow Co at 681. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1454 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • William Pruden, in insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: seafield apts at 1436. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: an insurance and a telegraph operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown and West End. 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 W A Pruden at 679 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Pruden there as the householder, a telegraph operator. The 1940 name section lists William Pruden at 1454 Pendrell Street, in insurance.

Today

1454 Pendrell (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 679 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 679 Granville: no archive photo of the 600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Prudens

Every directory, as one book

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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.