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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eagles

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Eagle at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Eagles 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

    1248 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Time Del System Eagle 1940

    Next door in 1940: N A Naples at 1244 and “Orientals” at 1282. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3015 Wall Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • O Eagle, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Kron at 3005. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    434 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M E Eagle, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Craig at 420 and F C Roberts at 440. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3691 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Eagle, a furrier at New York Fur 1940
    • Ryan Eagle, a furrier at New York Fur 1940

    Next door in 1940: O G Hall at 3675. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1687 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Granville Eagle 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Chalmers at 1683 and Mrs A J Hill at 1697. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1770 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • James Eagle 1940

    Next door in 1940: c n inst for blind at 1700 and Hoffars Ltd at 1790. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a furrier (2) and a logger. Two of them worked for New York Fur. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park 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 Time Del System Eagle at 1248 Seymour Street. O Eagle is listed at 3015 Wall 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Oscar Eagle there, a logger.

Mrs M E Eagle is listed at 434 West 17th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Eagle there as the householder, widow of S. J Eagle is listed at 3691 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jack Eagle there as the householder, a furrier at New York Fur, with Ryan Eagle, a furrier at New York Fur.

The 1940 name section lists Granville Eagle at 1687 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists James Eagle at 1770 West Georgia Street.

Today

1248 Seymour, 434 West 17th and 3691 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1687 West Broadway (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3015 Wall and 1770 West Georgia, 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, 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.