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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haskells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Haskell at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Haskells 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

    6658 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E E Haskell, a manager at B C Fire Protection & Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Bingham at 6626 and R G Mathieson at 6676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1144 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M Haskell, widow of C J 1940
    • Phyllis E Haskell, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Olson at 1138 and Mrs M A Warren at 1156. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James P Haskell, a driver at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3948 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Bruce Haskell, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Warren at 3942 and A T Jones at 3952. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a manager and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kerrisdale. 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 E E Haskell at 6658 Angus Drive; 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 Edward E Haskell there as the householder, a manager at B C Fire Protection & Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Haskell at 1144 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mary Haskell there as the householder, widow of C J, with Phyllis E Haskell, a student.

The 1940 name section lists James P Haskell at 1060 Granville Street, a driver at Macdonalds Consolidated. The 1940 name section lists Bruce Haskell at 3948 West 23rd Avenue, a salesman.

Today

1060 Granville and 3948 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1144 East 21st (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6658 Angus Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.