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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mansells

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at ten addresses

The directories print twelve people named Mansell at ten addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Mansel and Maunsell. 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 Mansells lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Four addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6070 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • D S Mansell 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Whiteside at 6050 and Mrs M Hoad at 6090. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3202 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • V F Mansel, a district foreman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Lloyd Mansel 1940

    Next door in 1940: E R Dubberley at 3222. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    230 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H Mansell, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Davies at 228 and Timms A H Ltd at 234. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    860 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • V F Mansell, a machinist at Boyles Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: M T Gildroy at 896. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1424 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G C Mansel, a waiter 1940
    • Mabel Mansel, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bway East Conf at 1414 and F S Baird at 1428. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5786 Lancaster Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • F C Mansel, an attendant at Thompson & Graham 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Harris at 5746 and C E Groat at 5796. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1856 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T S Maunsell, a president at Maunsell & Co Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: F V Salkeld at 1846. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3774 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Frederick C Mansel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D J Wilson at 3762 and R Baxter at 3794. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1727 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • J W Mansell, proprietor of De-Luxe Shoe Repairing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Browning at 1721 and R P Gray at 1741. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1151 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Minton Mansell, a statistician at Western City 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Wengell at 1147 and P G H Rogers at 1173. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the twelve: an attendant, a district foreman, an electrician, a jam maker, a machinist and a president, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Killarney, Kitsilano, Marpole, Mount Pleasant 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 D S Mansell at 6070 Cartier Street. V F Mansel is listed at 3202 East 13th Avenue in 1940; 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 Valentine F Mansel there as the householder, a district foreman at the City of Vancouver, with Lloyd Mansel.

H Mansell is listed at 230 East 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Mansell there as the householder, an electrician. V F Mansell is listed at 860 East 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Valentine F Mansell there as the householder, a machinist at Boyles Bros.

G C Mansel is listed at 1424 East Broadway in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George C Mansel there as the householder, a waiter, with Mabel Mansel, a jam maker at Empress Manufacturing. F C Mansel is listed at 5786 Lancaster Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Mansel there as the householder, an attendant at Thompson & Graham.

T S Maunsell is listed at 1856 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Terry S Maunsell there as the householder, a president at Maunsell & Co Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Mansel at 3774 West 24th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Mansell at 1727 West 59th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John W Mansell there as the householder, proprietor of De-Luxe Shoe Repairing. The 1940 name section lists Minton Mansell at 1151 West Hastings Street, a statistician at Western City.

Today

1856 West 13th, 3774 West 24th and 1727 West 59th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1856 West 13th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5786 Lancaster (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6070 Cartier, 3202 East 13th, 230 East 14th, 860 East 35th, 1424 East Broadway and 1151 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Mansells

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.