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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Coells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Coell at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Coells at 886 East 55th in 1940.

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Where the Coells 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

    886 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W G Coell, a laborer 1940
    • Charles E Coell, a planerman 1940
    • Ernest Coell, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Dunlop at 856. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3008 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W J Coell, a senior fruit inspector at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Currie at 3026. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer (2), a planerman and a senior fruit inspector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Sunset. 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 W G Coell at 886 East 55th 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 Wallace G Coell there as the householder, a laborer, with Charles E Coell, a planerman, and Ernest Coell, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists W J Coell at 3008 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Coell there as the householder, a senior fruit inspector at the Canadian Government.

Today

886 East 55th (1965) and 3008 West 34th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Coells

Every directory, as one book

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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.