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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eacotts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Eacott 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 Eacotts 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

    1035 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs R E Eacott, widow of W J 1940
    • Violet R Eacott, a clerk at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Broome at 1025 and J Jordon at 1045. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5059 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A E Eacott, proprietor of Sherbrooke Nurseries 1940

    Next door in 1940: V H Johnson at 5009 and D S Grant at 5079. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    741 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • E James Eacott, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hoffmeister at 761. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1676 West 68th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • G W Eacott, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Weir at 1666 and Mrs C S Harringa at 1686. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a driver and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Marpole 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R E Eacott at 1035 East 22nd 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 Rose E Eacott there as the householder, widow of W J, with Violet R Eacott, a clerk at the Sun. In 1940 the directory lists A E Eacott at 5059 Sherbrooke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Eacott there as the householder, proprietor of Sherbrooke Nurseries.

The 1940 name section lists E James Eacott at 741 Thurlow Street, retired. G W Eacott is listed at 1676 West 68th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Godfrey W Eacott there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

Today

1035 East 22nd (1988), 5059 Sherbrooke (2021) and 1676 West 68th (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 741 Thurlow, so that building is 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, 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.