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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carrells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Carrell at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Carrelli. 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 Carrells 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

    1122 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • A G Carrell, a laborer 1940
    • Cal Carrell, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Dahle at 1120 and E Johnson at 1132. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1605 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • I S Carrelli, a waiter at the Broadway Hotel 1940
    • John L Carrelli, a seaman at Imperial Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: D P Moir at 1603 and W M Kay at 1619. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1821 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H Carrell, proprietor of Avon 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Goss at 1833. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1119 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Cecil W Carrelli, a dealer at Goblin Electric Cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Murray Gro & Conf at 1117 and Mrs M Hurliman at 1127. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1215 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs R Carrelli, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McDonald at 1221. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a conductor, a dealer, a laborer, a proprietor, a seaman and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), West End (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists A G Carrell at 1122 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred G Carrell there as the householder, a laborer, with Cal Carrell, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists I S Carrelli at 1605 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Irving S Carrelli there as the householder, a waiter at the Broadway Hotel, with John L Carrelli, a seaman at Imperial Oil.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Carrell at 1821 Haro Street; 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 Mrs Hannah Carrell there as the householder, proprietor of Avon. The 1940 name section lists Cecil W Carrelli at 1119 Hornby Street, a dealer at Goblin Electric Cleaner.

Mrs R Carrelli is listed at 1215 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rose Carrelli there as the householder, a widow.

Today

1122 Comox, 1605 East 11th and 1119 Hornby still have their buildings from before 1946, 1122 Comox on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1821 Haro and 1215 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1122 Comox: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Carrells

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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.