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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The O'Connells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named O'Connell at four 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. The most under one roof: four O'Connells at 1926 West Broadway in 1940.

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Where the O'Connells lived

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

    6407 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C O'Connell, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: O F Ruck at 6405 and J Konesky at 6415. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1113 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bernardine O'Connell, a stenographer for Sovereign Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: mackay apartments at 1107 and C McAlister at 1119. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1926 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Dorothy M O'Connell, a stenographer 1940
    • Elizabeth O'Connell, widow of J D 1940
    • J Don O'Connell 1940
    • Maurice J O'Connell, a bell boy at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Woods at 1900 and Ted's Conf at 1930. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    74 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hugh O'Connell, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fred's Lunch at 72 and Ray Bros Tailoring at 80. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a stenographer (2), a bell boy, a cook and a millworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano, 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 C O'Connell at 6407 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles O'Connell there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Bernardine O'Connell at 1113 Thurlow Street, a stenographer for Sovereign Life. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy M O'Connell at 1926 West Broadway, a stenographer, with Elizabeth O'Connell, widow of J D, J Don O'Connell, and Maurice J O'Connell, a bell boy at the Vancouver Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Hugh O'Connell at 74 West Hastings Street, a cook.

Today

1113 Thurlow and 74 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1113 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1926 West Broadway (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6407 Chester, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.