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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Barwells

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Barwell 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 Barwells 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

    705 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ron C Barwell, of Huisson & Barwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Wise at 719. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    502 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ken B Barwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Hill at 518. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2992 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F G Barwell, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Powell at 2980 and D Roberts at 2996. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 Ron C Barwell at 705 Broughton Street, of Huisson & Barwell. The 1940 name section lists Ken B Barwell at 502 East 11th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists F G Barwell at 2992 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Barwell there as the householder, an engineer.

Today

The City no longer lists 705 Broughton, 502 East 11th and 2992 East 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Barwells

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.