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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maskells

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Maskell at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Maskells 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

    1940 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Maskell, who worked for Perfex Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Hunter at 1930. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2167 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James Maskell, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Quality Shoe Repairing at 2169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    449 East 37th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E L Maskell, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Whyte at 445 and W W Edwards at 453. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and an engineer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Maskell at 1940 Arbutus Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Maskell there as the householder, who worked for Perfex Manufacturing. The 1940 name section lists James Maskell at 2167 Dundas Street, an engineer.

Mrs E L Maskell is listed at 449 East 37th 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 lists Emma L Maskell there as the householder, widow of A.

Today

1940 Arbutus, 2167 Dundas and 449 East 37th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1940 Arbutus on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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

The book of the Maskells

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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.