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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Newalls

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Newall at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Newalls lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two 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

    5079 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J B Newall, in monuments 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Tetlock at 5069 and N McLean at 5087. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1066 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Joseph Newall 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lott at 1060 and J Hislop at 1068. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    472 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • N Newall, a cutter for J B Newall 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Lathrop at 468 and Mrs M Brown at 476. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5096 Fraser Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J B Newall, in monuments 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Martin at 5078. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3338 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Jean Newall, a housekeeper at Mrs N McK Lang 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hon A M Morrison at 3380. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a cutter, a housekeeper and a monuments.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Shaughnessy, Sunset and West End. 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 B Newall at 5079 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John B Newall there as the householder, in monuments. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Newall at 1066 Davie Street.

N Newall is listed at 472 East 45th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nathan Newall there as the householder, a cutter for J B Newall. J B Newall, in monuments, is listed at 5096 Fraser Street 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 Jean Newall at 3338 Granville Street, a housekeeper at Mrs N McK Lang.

Today

5079 Chester still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 472 East 45th (1974), 5096 Fraser (1958) and 3338 Granville (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1066 Davie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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 Newalls

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.