A family name on East 45th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Knights
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Knight at two addresses in 1940, all on East 45th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 57 other streets too, all listed on the Knight name's own page.
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Where the Knights lived
- 1
3279 East 45th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- J Knight, a laborer at the Ocean View Burial Park 1940
Next door in 1940: T H Matthews at 3261 and W G Knight at 3283. The block, door by door
- 2
3283 East 45th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- W G Knight, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: J Knight at 3279. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney (2). 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 J Knight at 3279 East 45th Avenue; 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 John Knight there as the householder, a laborer at the Ocean View Burial Park. In 1940 the directory lists W G Knight at 3283 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William G Knight there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
3279 East 45th (1990) and 3283 East 45th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Knight J3279 East 45th, p. 262
- Knight John lab Ocean View Burial Pk3279 East 45th, p. 328
- *Knight W G3283 East 45th, p. 262
- Knight Wm G mlwkr BC Plywoods3283 East 45th, p. 328
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Knights
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Knight name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.