A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The Urquharts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Urquhart at two addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 36 other streets too, all listed on the Urquhart name's own page.
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Where the Urquharts lived
- 1
1053 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- John Urquhart 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Roberts at 1055. The block, door by door
- 2
1129 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Chester Urquhart, a clerk at Commercial Union Assce 1940
- Lawrence G Urquhart, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Stewart at 1127 and R Harrison at 1131. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 John Urquhart at 1053 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Chester Urquhart at 1129 Pendrell Street, a clerk at Commercial Union Assce, with Lawrence G Urquhart, a clerk at the Royal Bank.
Today
1129 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1053 Pendrell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Urquhart John1053 Pendrell, p. 626
- Urquhart Chester clk Coml Union Assce1129 Pendrell, p. 626
- Urquhart Lawrence G clk Royal Bk1129 Pendrell, p. 626
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Urquharts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Urquhart name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.