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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Englands

In the city directories 1940 · 16 people at nine addresses

The directories print 16 people named England at nine addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Engelland. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Englands at 578 East 8th in 1940.

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Where the Englands 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

    1774 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alan England, a feeder at National Paper Box 1940
    • Arthur England 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Meyer at 1770. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2300 Birch Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • J T England, retired 1940
  3. 3

    2254 Cambridge Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Anne E England, a stenographer at Moore-Cawston Dry Kiln 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Morrison at 2242 and J W Brotherton at 2262. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    241 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J C Engelland, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Bush at 237 and R Foerster at 249. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    578 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R G England, a laborer 1940
    • Robert K England 1940
    • William England, a driver at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Pink at 570. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5775 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • C H Engelland, a florist for J Brand 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Bald at 5767. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3162 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs A Engelland, widow of F 1940
    • Bertha H M Engelland 1940
    • William P Engelland, a woodworker at Carleton S & D 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Green at 3154 and L Roach at 3172. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2570 Spruce Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss A M England 1940
    • Alice M England, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Kathleen M England, an assistant for Gowen Sutton 1940
  9. 9

    192 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E England, a constructionman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Cuthbert at 186 and H Moreland at 196. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the 16: a stenographer (2), an assistant, a constructionman, a driver, a feeder and a florist, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Riley Park (2), Grandview-Woodland, Killarney, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Alan England at 1774 Barclay Street, a feeder at National Paper Box, with Arthur England. J T England is listed at 2300 Birch 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 lists James T England there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Anne E England at 2254 Cambridge Street, a stenographer at Moore-Cawston Dry Kiln.

In 1940 the directory lists J C Engelland at 241 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John C Engelland there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists R G England at 578 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert G England there as the householder, a laborer, with Robert K England, and William England, a driver at Jersey Farms.

In 1940 the directory lists C H Engelland at 5775 Joyce Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Carl H Engelland there as the householder, a florist for J Brand. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Engelland at 3162 Kingsway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Augusta Engelland there as the householder, widow of F, with Bertha H M Engelland, and William P Engelland, a woodworker at Carleton S & D.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss A M England at 2570 Spruce Street. The 1940 name section lists Alice M England there as the householder, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver, with Kathleen M England, an assistant for Gowen Sutton. In 1940 the directory lists E England at 192 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Eric England there as the householder, a constructionman at Canadian White Pine.

Today

2300 Birch, 241 East 24th, 3162 Kingsway, 2570 Spruce and 192 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 2300 Birch on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5775 Joyce (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1774 Barclay, 2254 Cambridge and 578 East 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 22 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 Englands

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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.