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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eccleses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eleven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Eccles at eleven 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 Eccleses 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

    550 Cardero Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F W Eccles, a towing 1940
  2. 2

    956 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J W Eccles 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Shipperbottom at 950 and H Hagen at 976. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    832 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Carl R Eccles, a mechanic at Campbell Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Govt Liq Store at 822 and E M Eccles at 836. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    836 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E M Eccles, a janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Hecker at 832 and J Negreiff at 842. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4781 Reid Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs A Eccles, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K MacLean at 4761. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3338 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • William E Eccles 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Wilkinson at 3354. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1115 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Eccles 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Abbott at 1105 and Mrs S M Elliott at 1125. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1755 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F W Eccles, in towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Meekison at 1745 and W K Sproule at 1765. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    433 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • V G Eccles, an accountant at the Mott Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A C Spence at 425 and C Oxley at 439. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    586 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Graham Eccles, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nelson Blower Co at 580. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1074 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Una Eccles, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Terminal Sht Mtl Wks at 1090. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: an accountant, a gardener, a janitor, a mechanic, a saleswoman and a towing. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4), Fairview (3), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 F W Eccles, a towing, at 550 Cardero Street. J W Eccles is listed at 956 East 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John W Eccles there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Carl R Eccles at 832 Hornby Street, a mechanic at Campbell Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists E M Eccles at 836 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward M Eccles there as the householder, a janitor. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Eccles at 4781 Reid Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ann Eccles there as the householder, widow of R.

The 1940 name section lists William E Eccles at 3338 Wellington Avenue. J Eccles is listed at 1115 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Eccles there as the householder.

F W Eccles is listed at 1755 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Francis W Eccles there as the householder, in towing. V G Eccles is listed at 433 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Victor G Eccles there as the householder, an accountant at the Mott Electric.

The 1940 name section lists Graham Eccles at 586 West 6th Avenue, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Una Eccles at 1074 West Pender Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

Today

956 East 22nd (1970), 4781 Reid (1971), 3338 Wellington (1963), 1755 West 14th (1972) and 433 West 19th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 550 Cardero, 832 Hornby, 836 Hornby, 1115 West 12th, 586 West 6th and 1074 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.