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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Entwistles

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Entwistle at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Entwistles 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

    1238 Franklin Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Martha Entwistle, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Singer at 1230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1718 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Entwistle 1940
    • Joseph Entwistle 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Kerr at 1716 and E E Nixon at 1728. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    859 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Entwistle, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: cameron (the) at 855 and 9 listings at 885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Strathcona. 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 Martha Entwistle at 1238 Franklin Street, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists George Entwistle at 1718 Haro Street, with Joseph Entwistle. In 1940 the directory lists E Entwistle at 859 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Eli Entwistle there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies.

Today

859 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1238 Franklin (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1718 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Entwistles

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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.