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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Flavelles

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Flavelle at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Flavell. 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 Flavelles 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

    1336 Devonshire Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G A Flavelle 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Jewett at 1322 and F F Waddell at 1350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    975 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Albert Flavelle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dom Thea Barber Shop at 973 and Ziegler's Chocolate Shops at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3519 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Anne B Flavell, a stenographer for S L Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Smith at 3511 and J Bidlake at 3533. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1934 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A Flavelle 1940
    • Mary E Flavelle, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: D F Farris at 1920 and T Goldbloom at 1946. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1709 Woodland Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Flavell, a shipper at BC Drugs 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Thompson at 1703 and Mrs E A Flint at 1715. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a shipper and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Grandview-Woodland. 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 G A Flavelle at 1336 Devonshire Crescent. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Flavelle at 975 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Anne B Flavell at 3519 West 38th Avenue, a stenographer for S L Taylor.

A Flavelle is listed at 1934 West King Edward 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 lists Aird Flavelle there as the householder, with Mary E Flavelle, a student. J Flavell is listed at 1709 Woodland Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Flavell there as the householder, a shipper at BC Drugs.

Today

1336 Devonshire Crescent and 1709 Woodland Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; 3519 West 38th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 975 Granville and 1934 West King Edward, so those buildings are 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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.