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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carnsews

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Carnsew 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 Carnsews 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

    968 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Walter H Carnsew, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Morrison at 962 and Mrs M J Howarth at 974. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6842 Laburnum Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J M Carnsew, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Rand at 6826 and T W MacKay at 6858. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    615 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Carnsew, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Office Equip Co at 611 and Good Eats Cafe Ltd at 619. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale 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 Walter H Carnsew at 968 Cardero Street, an accountant. J M Carnsew is listed at 6842 Laburnum Street 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 John M Carnsew there as the householder, an engineer. W H Carnsew, an accountant, is listed at 615 West Pender Street in 1940.

Today

968 Cardero still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6842 Laburnum and 615 West Pender, 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 Carnsews

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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.