A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cavells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Cavell at one address, 3380 West 28th Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, in 1940.
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The Cavells at home
Southlands
- 1
3380 West 28th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- L A Cavell, a barber for H V Tuff 1940
- Frederick J Cavell 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Schmidt at 3368 and R D Meyers at 3392. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a barber.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Dunbar-Southlands. 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 L A Cavell at 3380 West 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Louis A Cavell there as the householder, a barber for H V Tuff, with Frederick J Cavell.
Today
3380 West 28th (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Cavell L A3380 West 28th, p. 244
- Cavell Fredk J3380 West 28th, p. 103
- Cavell Louis A barber H V Tuff3380 West 28th, p. 103
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cavells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cavell name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.