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The Crandalls

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Crandall at four 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 Crandalls 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

    1396 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E G Crandall, a bookkeeper at Enamel & Heating Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A C Kirk at 1386. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1266 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E E Crandall 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Halperin at 1256 and G Lawson at 1272. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2985 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James Crandall 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Kline at 2975 and E M Alexander at 2995. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3907 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H K Crandall, a branch manager at Enamel & Heating Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Warden at 3903 and F N Robertson at 3915. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a bookkeeper and a branch manager. Two of them worked for Enamel & Heating Products.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 E G Crandall at 1396 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E Garda Crandall there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Enamel & Heating Products. In 1940 the directory lists E E Crandall at 1266 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Crandall at 2985 West 14th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists H K Crandall at 3907 West 20th 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 lists Horace K Crandall there as the householder, a branch manager at Enamel & Heating Products.

Today

1396 West 11th, 2985 West 14th and 3907 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1266 West 12th (1961) has a newer building, 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

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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.