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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cawdells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Cawdell 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 Cawdells 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

    1047 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C A B Cawdell, a driver at Bryce Cartage & Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Turner at 1037. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4525 McHardy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W J Cawdell, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940
    • Sarah A Cawdell, widow of A W 1940
  3. 3

    1656 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Dorothy R Cawdell 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Jamieson at 1650 and J Doyle at 1662. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a meat cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood 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

In 1940 the directory lists C A B Cawdell at 1047 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles A B Cawdell there as the householder, a driver at Bryce Cartage & Storage. In 1940 the directory lists W J Cawdell at 4525 McHardy 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 William J Cawdell there as the householder, a meat cutter at Spencer's, with Sarah A Cawdell, widow of A W.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Dorothy R Cawdell at 1656 Pendrell Street.

Today

4525 McHardy (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1047 East 23rd and 1656 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.