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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jarretts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Jarrett 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 Jarretts 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

    3373 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R I Jarrett, who worked for Gordon & Belyea 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Carley at 3365 and J A Grier at 3387. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6806 Ontario Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • G J Jarrett, a stockman at Grant & Sons 1940
  3. 3

    6384 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Miss E M Jarrett 1940
    • Ethel M Jarrett 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dewar at 6372 and S Sempke at 6394. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an employee and a stockman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 R I Jarrett at 3373 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert I Jarrett there as the householder, who worked for Gordon & Belyea. In 1940 the directory lists G J Jarrett at 6806 Ontario Street; 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 George J Jarrett there as the householder, a stockman at Grant & Sons.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss E M Jarrett at 6384 Prince Albert Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ethel M Jarrett there as the householder.

Today

6806 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 6384 Prince Albert (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; for 3373 Franklin, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.