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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kneales

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Kneale 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. The most under one roof: three Kneales at 5126 Fairmont in 1940.

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Where the Kneales 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

    5126 Fairmont Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W J Kneale, a driver at the B-K Mill 1940
    • Crissie Kneale 1940
    • Hazel Kneale, a waitress at Golden Arrow Creameries 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Kilby at 5114 and J A Thompson at 5142. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1510 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Muriel F Kneale, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Richardson at 1508 and J Broatch at 1536. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3654 Tanner Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J T Kneale, a warehouseman at the B-K Mill 1940
    • Charles Kneale, a millworker at Hammonds 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Jeffrey at 3646 and R P Impey at 3658. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a driver, a millworker, a saleswoman, a waitress and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for B-K Mill.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists W J Kneale at 5126 Fairmont 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Kneale there as the householder, a driver at the B-K Mill, with Crissie Kneale, and Hazel Kneale, a waitress at Golden Arrow Creameries. The 1940 name section lists Muriel F Kneale at 1510 Robson Street, a saleswoman.

J T Kneale is listed at 3654 Tanner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T Kneale there as the householder, a warehouseman at the B-K Mill, with Charles Kneale, a millworker at Hammonds.

Today

3654 Tanner still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 5126 Fairmont (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1510 Robson, so that building is 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.