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The Annals

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Annal at three 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.

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Where the Annals 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

    444 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Annal, a helper at Ornamental Bronze 1940
    • Robert Annal, a helper at Ornamental Bronze 1940

    Next door in 1940: E T Grant at 442 and L L Fishlock at 446. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2148 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Annal, a bargeman at Home Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L N O'Connor at 2142 and A E Phillips at 2152. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2843 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • T C Annal, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Bower at 2819 and F Patelli at 2867. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a helper (2), a baker and a bargeman. Two of them worked for Ornamental Bronze.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Annal at 444 East 15th 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 James Annal there as the householder, a laborer, with James F Annal, a helper at Ornamental Bronze, and Robert Annal, a helper at Ornamental Bronze. The 1940 name section lists John Annal at 2148 West 2nd Avenue, a bargeman at Home Oil.

T C Annal is listed at 2843 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Annal there as the householder, a baker.

Today

2148 West 2nd (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 444 East 15th and 2843 West 36th, so those buildings are 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, street section

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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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.