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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Knills

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Knill 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 Knills 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

    35 East 54th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Miss A B Knill, a music teacher 1940
    • Ann B Knill, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Mill at 25 and J Lang at 75. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6416 Main Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • S S Knill, in meats 1940

    Next door in 1940: S O'Connor at 6410 and Langara Barber Shop at 6482. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    281 West 49th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • S S Knill, in meats 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Miller at 275 and R M Brown at 295. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a meats and a music teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Oakridge. 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 Miss A B Knill, a music teacher, at 35 East 54th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ann B Knill there, a music teacher. In 1940 the directory lists S S Knill, in meats, at 6416 Main 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).

S S Knill is listed at 281 West 49th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam S Knill there as the householder, in meats.

Today

35 East 54th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 6416 Main (1970) and 281 West 49th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.