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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mayalls

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Mayall 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.

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Where the Mayalls 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

    2372 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G Mayall, a freight hand at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Kelly at 2360 and H H Pickford at 2384. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3254 Marmion Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Mrs S A Mayall, widow of W R 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W M Fretwell at 3242 and Mrs C Finlayson at 3258. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3363 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G Mayall, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: T P Dunlop at 3349 and R Crichton at 3377. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    535 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Mayall, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sales Addressograph-Multigraph at 525 and J E Baldwin at 541. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5780 Yew Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • M J D Mayall, a master mariner 1940
    • Clelia Mayall, a stenographer at Elworthy Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Miller at 5776. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a barrister, a freight hand, a master mariner and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Killarney and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 G Mayall at 2372 Kingsway; 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 George Mayall there as the householder, a freight hand at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S A Mayall at 3254 Marmion Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah A Mayall there as the householder, widow of W R.

In 1940 the directory lists G Mayall at 3363 West 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Granville Mayall there as the householder, a barrister. In 1940 the directory lists G Mayall, a barrister, at 535 West Georgia Street.

M J D Mayall is listed at 5780 Yew Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Maurice J D Mayall there as the householder, a master mariner, with Clelia Mayall, a stenographer at Elworthy Co.

Today

3254 Marmion (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2372 Kingsway, 3363 West 39th, 535 West Georgia and 5780 Yew, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Yew Street from 4th Avenue, looking north down the hill to English Bay and Stanley Park
About 1910 Yew Street from 4th Avenue, looking north down the hill to English Bay and Stanley Park. Not at the house at 5780 Yew: no archive photo of the 5700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1376-80.43. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.