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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cannells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Cannell 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. The most under one roof: three Cannells at 2750 Waterloo in 1940.

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Where the Cannells 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

    565 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Annie Cannell, a housekeeper for W Mole 1940
    • Eleanor Cannell, an operator at Standard Permanent Wave Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Sheppard at 543 and Mrs C McL Hunter at 585. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2761 East 26th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R T Cannell, an examiner at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: A De Yong at 2721 and Mrs E M Bowker at 2763. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2750 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Cannell, widow of E 1940
    • Bryden M Cannell, a salesman at International Agencies & Machinery 1940
    • Joyce Cannell, a stenographer at Hunter-Henderson Paint 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Freeman at 2740 and Mrs D A Given at 2760. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an examiner, a housekeeper, an operator, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 Mrs Annie Cannell at 565 East 17th Avenue, a housekeeper for W Mole, with Eleanor Cannell, an operator at Standard Permanent Wave Shop. R T Cannell is listed at 2761 East 26th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Richard T Cannell there as the householder, an examiner at the Customs.

Mrs A Cannell is listed at 2750 Waterloo Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Annie Cannell there as the householder, widow of E, with Bryden M Cannell, a salesman at International Agencies & Machinery, and Joyce Cannell, a stenographer at Hunter-Henderson Paint.

Today

2750 Waterloo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 565 East 17th (1992) and 2761 East 26th (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Cannells

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.