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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mennells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Mennell at two addresses in 1940 in Riley Park. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Mennells at 320 East 40th in 1940.

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Where the Mennells 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

    279 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Miss J Mennell 1940
    • Josephine Mennell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Lowe at 257 and R J Wallace at 285. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    320 East 40th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J H Mennell, a farmer 1940
    • Dorothy Mennell, a maid for A H Cross 1940
    • Doug J Mennell, a steward at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club 1940
    • Russell A Mennell, a shipper at Fisher & Burpe 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Doig at 312 and W J Archibald at 326. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a farmer, a maid, a shipper and a steward.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2). 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 J Mennell at 279 East 39th 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 Josephine Mennell there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J H Mennell at 320 East 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Mennell there as the householder, a farmer, with Dorothy Mennell, a maid for A H Cross, Doug J Mennell, a steward at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, and Russell A Mennell, a shipper at Fisher & Burpe.

Today

279 East 39th and 320 East 40th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Mennells

Every directory, as one book

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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.