A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Vigors
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Vigor at one address, 3167 East 46th Avenue in Killarney, in 1940.
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The Vigors at home
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3167 East 46th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- F W Vigor, proprietor of Canadian White Pine Boarding House 1940
- Kathleen Vigor 1940
- Peggy D H Vigor, a helper at Pacific Meat 1940
Next door in 1940: S F Baker at 3143. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Killarney. 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 F W Vigor at 3167 East 46th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick W Vigor there as the householder, proprietor of Canadian White Pine Boarding House, with Kathleen Vigor, and Peggy D H Vigor, a helper at Pacific Meat.
Today
3167 East 46th (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Vigor F W3167 East 46th, p. 263
- Vigor Fredk W prop Can White Pine Boarding Hse3167 East 46th, p. 634
- Vigor Kathleen3167 East 46th, p. 634
- Vigor Peggy D H hlpr Pac Meat3167 East 46th, p. 634
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Vigors
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Vigor 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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.