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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carvells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Carvell at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Carvelli. 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 Carvells 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

    1108 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dorothy Carvell, a housekeeper for C Moody 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J J Smith at 1100 and J McLaughlin at 1116. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    378 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Myrtle I F Carvell, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Stewart at 374. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    822 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Carvelli, a washer at Peerless Laundry 1940
    • Leonard Carvelli, a washer at Peerless Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: M R McMillan at 816 and T H Vaughan at 828. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1774 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • H V Carvell, a foreman at Polly Ann Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B E Smith at 1766 and A J Reddington at 1782. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a washer (2), a foreman and a housekeeper. Two of them worked for Peerless Laundry. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Dorothy Carvell at 1108 Burrard Street, a housekeeper for C Moody. The 1940 name section lists Myrtle I F Carvell at 378 East 14th Avenue, a widow. In 1940 the directory lists F Carvelli at 822 East 22nd Avenue; 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 Frank Carvelli there as the householder, a washer at Peerless Laundry, with Leonard Carvelli, a washer at Peerless Laundry.

In 1940 the directory lists H V Carvell at 1774 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Herbert V Carvell there as the householder, a foreman at Polly Ann Bakeries.

Today

378 East 14th and 822 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1108 Burrard and 1774 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Carvells

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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.