Vancouver / Names / A / Arnett

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Arnetts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Arnett at four addresses in 1940 in four 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: four Arnetts at 471 East 47th in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Arnetts 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

    471 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G P Arnett, a collector at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Frances L Arnett, a student 1940
    • John H Arnett, a mechanic 1940
    • Richard C Arnett, an air engineer at the Trans-Canada Air Lines 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Burrows at 467 and J C Summers at 475. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    624 Slocan Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Arnett, a mechanic at Stonehouse Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Britten at 620 and W C Lofting at 626. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1175 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W C Arnett, a president for W C Arnett 1940
    • Charles S Arnett, an assistant superintendent for W C Arnett 1940
    • Lorraine Arnett, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Lloyd at 1165 and alder lodge at 1185. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    159 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F G Arnett, a bookkeeper at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Gootenko at 153 and M Crompton at 165. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a mechanic (2), an air engineer, an assistant superintendent, a bookkeeper, a collector and a president, among others. Two of them worked for W C Arnett.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 G P Arnett at 471 East 47th 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 George P Arnett there as the householder, a collector at the City of Vancouver, with Frances L Arnett, a student, John H Arnett, a mechanic, and Richard C Arnett, an air engineer at the Trans-Canada Air Lines. In 1940 the directory lists C Arnett at 624 Slocan Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Arnett there as the householder, a mechanic at Stonehouse Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Arnett at 1175 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Clibborn Arnett there as the householder, a president for W C Arnett, with Charles S Arnett, an assistant superintendent for W C Arnett, and Lorraine Arnett, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists F G Arnett at 159 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Arnett there as the householder, a bookkeeper at the Province.

Today

471 East 47th (1988) and 159 West 23rd (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1175 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 624 Slocan, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Arnetts

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Arnett 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.