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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dennetts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Dennett at five 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 Dennetts 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

    537 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dennett (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Marine Garage at 529 and C H Trip at 539. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    396 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • P Dennett, proprietor of Nile Fish Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Curry at 380. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2634 East 56th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • F Dennett, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Campbell at 2640. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1775 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J L Dennett, a manager at Hillcrest Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Bamford at 1771 and Mrs A E Metherall at 1777. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    719 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles Dennette, a circulation at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: denman court at 725. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a circulation, a laborer, a manager and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview 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 Dennett (no first name printed) at 537 Burrard Street. P Dennett is listed at 396 East 47th 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 Percy Dennett there as the householder, proprietor of Nile Fish Market.

F Dennett is listed at 2634 East 56th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Dennett there as the householder, a laborer. J L Dennett is listed at 1775 East 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James L Dennett there as the householder, a manager at Hillcrest Meat Market.

The 1940 name section lists Charles Dennette at 719 Jervis Street, a circulation at the Sun.

Today

396 East 47th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 1775 East 5th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 537 Burrard, 2634 East 56th and 719 Jervis, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Dennetts

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.