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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cracknells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Cracknell at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Crecknell. 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 Cracknells at 4509 Prince Albert in 1940.

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Where the Cracknells 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

    1137 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alfred Cracknell 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Johnston at 1133 and A W Dery at 1139. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4509 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Crecknell, a mechanic 1940
    • Audrey H Crecknell 1940
    • Mildred B Crecknell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Torupka at 4513. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3088 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • S A Cracknell, a clerk at Thompson Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: A N Boyle at 3062. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a clerk and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred Cracknell at 1137 Pendrell Street. W Crecknell is listed at 4509 Prince Albert Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Crecknell there as the householder, a mechanic, with William Cracknell, a mechanic for A B Wilson, Audrey H Crecknell, and Mildred B Crecknell.

S A Cracknell is listed at 3088 West 41st Avenue 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 Steph A Cracknell there as the householder, a clerk at Thompson Agencies.

Today

1137 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4509 Prince Albert (2011) and 3088 West 41st (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Cracknells

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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.