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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Corkills

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Corkill 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. The most under one roof: three Corkills at 704 Vernon Drive in 1940.

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Where the Corkills 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

    302 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W W E Corkill, a helper at Cedar Cove S&D 1940
    • Elsie M Corkill 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Murray at 300 and Mrs A MacKenzie at 330. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2617 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Corkill, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McFarlane at 2623. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    704 Vernon Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • B H Corkill, a driver at Buckerfield's 1940
    • Mrs I M Corkill, a grocer 1940
    • Bertram E Corkill, an usher at the Strand Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McK Macdonald at 726. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a carpenter, a driver, a grocer, a helper and an usher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park and Strathcona. 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 W E Corkill at 302 East 16th 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 William W E Corkill there as the householder, a helper at Cedar Cove S&D, with Elsie M Corkill. In 1940 the directory lists J Corkill at 2617 Napier Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Corkill there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I M Corkill, a grocer, at 704 Vernon Drive. By 1940 it is B H Corkill. The 1940 name section lists Bertram H Corkill there as the householder, a driver at Buckerfield's, with Mrs Ida M Corkill, a grocer, and Bertram E Corkill, an usher at the Strand Theatre.

Today

2617 Napier (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 302 East 16th and 704 Vernon Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.