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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Garnetts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Garnett at eight addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Garnetts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5976 Alma Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Julia Garnett, a domestic at Mrs D M Hall 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Gold at 5950. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1426 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Ellen Garnett, a maid for O B Allan 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Nicholson at 1450. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2166 East 41st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M E Garnett, widow of W A 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Janes at 2156 and B Morley at 2186. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    743 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Garnett 1940
    • Jean Garnett 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Muramatsu at 741. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    749 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Clarence Garnett, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Atchison at 753. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1386 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anne Garnett, a maid for R A Lyons 1940

    Next door in 1940: greythorpe apts at 1334. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    265 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • George Garnett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Agostino at 263 and J Zimmerman at 271. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1375 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Garnett, a police officer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: M C Chisholm at 1365 and queen elizabeth apts at 1395. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a maid (2), a domestic, an on active service and a police officer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Shaughnessy, Strathcona 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 Julia Garnett at 5976 Alma Street, a domestic at Mrs D M Hall. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Garnett at 1426 Angus Drive, a maid for O B Allan. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E Garnett at 2166 East 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Garnett there as the householder, widow of W A.

In 1940 the directory lists C Garnett at 743 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Jean Garnett there. The 1940 name section lists Clarence Garnett at 749 East Broadway as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Anne Garnett at 1386 Nicola Street, a maid for R A Lyons.

The 1940 name section lists George Garnett at 265 Union Street, retired. E Garnett is listed at 1375 West 13th 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 Ernest Garnett there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR.

Today

5976 Alma, 1426 Angus Drive, 2166 East 41st and 1386 Nicola still have their buildings from before 1946, 1386 Nicola on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 265 Union (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 743 East Broadway, 749 East Broadway and 1375 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Garnetts

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.