A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
The Arnolds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Arnold at two addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive. 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 41 other streets too, all listed on the Arnold name's own page.
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Where the Arnolds lived
- 1
2033 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Doris Arnold, a helper at Grant & Sons 1940
Next door in 1940: A Kissack at 2031 and D A Griswold at 2035. The block, door by door
- 2
3857 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G A Arnold, a representative at Bronze Memorials and a secretary at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Rebordy at 3845 and R J McLennan at 3869. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a helper and a representative.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Doris Arnold at 2033 Victoria Drive, a helper at Grant & Sons. G A Arnold is listed at 3857 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gilbert A Arnold there as the householder, a representative at Bronze Memorials and a secretary at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Today
3857 Victoria Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2033 Victoria Drive, 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.
- Arnold Doris hlpr Grant & Sons2033 Victoria Drive, p. 20
- Arnold G A3857 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Arnold Gilbt A rep Bronze Memorials and sec Forest Lawn Mem Pk3857 Victoria Drive, p. 20
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.