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The Catteralls

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Catterall at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Cotterall. 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 Catteralls 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

    643 East 30th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Cotterall, proprietor of Gateway Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: D MacKay at 627. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Catterall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2151 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M E Catterall, widow of J A 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Brooke at 2141 and Mrs M Hagman at 2159. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3525 Mayfair Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C G Cotterall, a manager at C G Cotterall Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: D R Stewart at 3519 and J Talbot at 3533. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4763 Moss Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • B Catterall, a clerk at CP Express 1940
    • Muriel E Catterall, a stenographer at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Llewellyn at 4723 and E Grant at 4791. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5105 Ruby Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A E Catterall, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Ransom at 5107. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (2), a manager, a proprietor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Downtown, 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 A Cotterall at 643 East 30th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Archibald Cotterall there as the householder, proprietor of Gateway Garage. The 1940 name section lists William Catterall at 1261 Granville Street.

Mrs M E Catterall is listed at 2151 Kitchener 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 Martha E Catterall there as the householder, widow of J A. C G Cotterall is listed at 3525 Mayfair Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Cotterall there as the householder, a manager at C G Cotterall Machinery.

B Catterall is listed at 4763 Moss Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bertrand Catterall there as the householder, a clerk at CP Express, with Muriel E Catterall, a stenographer at News-Herald. A E Catterall is listed at 5105 Ruby Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Catterall there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

Today

1261 Granville, 2151 Kitchener, 4763 Moss and 5105 Ruby still have their buildings from before 1946; 643 East 30th (2008) and 3525 Mayfair (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.