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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pumphreys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Pumphrey at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Pumphreys at 2570 Hemlock in 1940.

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Where the Pumphreys 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

    500 Beatty Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Pumphrey, an importer 1940
    • L F Pumphrey, in oils and lubricants 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Colston at 516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    978 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs E Pumphrey, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: Annette Style Shop at 976 and Van Art Shop at 980. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2080 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Pumphrey 1940

    Next door in 1940: E V Wakelin at 2036. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2570 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • F Pumphrey, an importer 1940
    • Avis Pumphrey, a social worker at Children's Aid 1940
    • Cecil R Pumphrey, an assistant quarantine officer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon French at 2530. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an assistant quarantine officer, an importer and a social worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview 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 L F Pumphrey, in oils and lubricants, at 500 Beatty Street. By 1940 it is F Pumphrey, an importer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Pumphrey at 978 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Evelyn Pumphrey there as the householder, widow of H.

The 1940 name section lists E Pumphrey at 2080 Haro Street. F Pumphrey is listed at 2570 Hemlock Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederic Pumphrey there as the householder, an importer, with Avis Pumphrey, a social worker at Children's Aid, and Cecil R Pumphrey, an assistant quarantine officer at the Canadian Government.

Today

2570 Hemlock still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 978 Granville (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 500 Beatty and 2080 Haro, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Pumphreys

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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.