A family name on East 13th Avenue, Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Arnolds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Arnold at two addresses in 1940, all on East 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Arnolds at 1544 East 13th in 1940. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Arnold name's own page.
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Where the Arnolds lived
- 1
1544 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs S M Arnold, widow of W F 1940
- E Mildred Arnold 1940
- Harold R Arnold, a clerk at Boultbee 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Found at 1536 and R E Aikens at 1550. The block, door by door
- 2
1956 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G Arnold, a porter at White Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: S T Walker at 1944 and J H Charlton at 1978. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a porter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S M Arnold at 1544 East 13th 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 Sarah M Arnold there as the householder, widow of W F, with E Mildred Arnold, and Harold R Arnold, a clerk at Boultbee. In 1940 the directory lists G Arnold at 1956 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Garnet Arnold there as the householder, a porter at White Lunch.
Today
1544 East 13th and 1956 East 13th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Arnold Mrs S M1544 East 13th, p. 210
- Arnold E Mildred1544 East 13th, p. 20
- Arnold Harold R clk Boultbee1544 East 13th, p. 20
- Arnold Sarah M wid W F waitress St Francis Hotel1544 East 13th, p. 20
- Arnold G1956 East 13th, p. 211
- Arnold Garnet porter White Lunch1956 East 13th, p. 20
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Arnolds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Arnold 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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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.