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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Knowltons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Knowlton at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Knowltons at 856 East 7th in 1940.

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Where the Knowltons 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

    2555 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J W Knowlton, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Nicholson at 2551. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    856 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E C Knowlton, a carpenter at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
    • Margaret E Knowlton 1940
    • Rebecca L Knowlton, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Littler at 848 and Mrs A L Charlton at 862. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W E Knowlton, an optometrist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1095 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Elizabeth Knowlton, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Purves at 1075. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4486 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Randolph M Knowlton, a salesman at Rae-Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Richardson at 4480 and T Anderson at 4498. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a carpenter, an employee, an operator, a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West Point Grey. 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 W Knowlton at 2555 East 27th 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 James W Knowlton there as the householder, who worked for Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists E C Knowlton at 856 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Everett C Knowlton there as the householder, a carpenter at the Burrard Dry Dock, with Margaret E Knowlton, and Rebecca L Knowlton, an operator at the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists W E Knowlton, an optometrist, at 718 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Knowlton at 1095 West 12th Avenue, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Randolph M Knowlton at 4486 West 6th Avenue, a salesman at Rae-Son.

Today

2555 East 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 4486 West 6th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 856 East 7th, 718 Granville and 1095 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.