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The Cornwalls

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Cornwall at eight addresses in 1940 in five 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 Cornwalls 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

    1428 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Lambie at 1420 and B Bernhardt at 1436. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1112 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peter Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: I W Shoop at 1146. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    786 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Dillon Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Cunningham at 748. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2874 East 44th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • T C Cornwall, a laborer 1940
    • Edith L Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: V A Biddlecombe at 2866 and C McPherson at 2880. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1922 East Georgia Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J M A E Elliott at 1902 and P M Whyte at 1968. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1339 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Cath Cornwall, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Ferraro at 1329 and Mrs E Hattner at 1351. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3458 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F R Cornwall 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Atkins at 3436 and Miss A Dubois at 3476. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3869 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Sam C Cornwall, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E K McKinnon at 3853 and Miss O E Elliot at 3877. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the nine: a laborer and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Killarney. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs M Cornwall at 1428 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Peter Cornwall at 1112 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists J Dillon Cornwall at 786 Bute Street.

T C Cornwall is listed at 2874 East 44th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Cornwall there as the householder, a laborer, with Edith L Cornwall. J Cornwall is listed at 1922 East Georgia 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 Cath Cornwall at 1339 Harwood Street, a nurse.

F R Cornwall is listed at 3458 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sam C Cornwall at 3869 West 35th Avenue, retired.

Today

1922 East Georgia, 3458 West 19th and 3869 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1112 Broughton (1953) and 2874 East 44th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1428 Barclay, 786 Bute and 1339 Harwood, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Cornwalls

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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.