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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carls

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Carl at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Carls lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1563 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W F Carl, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K A McDonell at 1551 and E K Pollard at 1577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2200 Heather Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Anthony E Carl, of Carlo Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Murphy at 2220. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4154 Ontario Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R P Carl, a waiter at the Martinique Beer Parlor 1940

    Next door in 1940: S M Demoray at 4130 and Mrs A T Smith at 4166. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1190 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs K E Carl 1940
    • Vida B Carl, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: randolph apartments at 1176. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3128 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W C Carl, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C McLeod at 3116 and R B Tinck at 3150. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    367 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C C Carl, widow of P 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Faulkner at 361 and W S Smith at 377. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2423 Windsor Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C Carl 1940
    • Austin Carl 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a nurse, a salesman and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland 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

In 1940 the directory lists W F Carl at 1563 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William F Carl there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Anthony E Carl at 2200 Heather Street, of Carlo Biscuit.

R P Carl is listed at 4154 Ontario Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ray P Carl there as the householder, a waiter at the Martinique Beer Parlor. Mrs K E Carl is listed at 1190 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Kate E Carl there as the householder, with Vida B Carl, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.

W C Carl is listed at 3128 West 24th 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 Walter C Carl there as the householder, a salesman. Mrs C C Carl is listed at 367 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carrie C Carl there as the householder, widow of P.

Mrs C Carl is listed at 2423 Windsor Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Carry Carl there as the householder, with Austin Carl.

Today

2200 Heather, 4154 Ontario, 1190 West 12th and 367 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 367 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1563 East 8th (2002) and 3128 West 24th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2423 Windsor, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.