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The O'Dells

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named O'Dell at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Odell. 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 O'Dells 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

    1901 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • J F Odell, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Wyllie at 1945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1146 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Constance K O'Dell, a telephone operator at the CN Telegraphs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rosedale at 1112 and D Kinnerd at 1160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5226 Bursill Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs C M Odell 1940
    • Mavis L O'Dell, who worked for BC Distil 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Snowden at 5216 and T White at 5266. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3177 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs E O'Dell 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Griffiths at 3173. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    103 East 42nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A O'Dell, a packer at Cassidy's 1940
    • Vera O'Dell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Hortin at 111. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4838 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E N O'Dell, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Smith at 4830 and J Smith at 4850. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    475 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • M B O'Dell, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Macaulay Nicolls Maitland & Co Ltd at 435. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3535 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Hazel M O'Dell, a comptroller operator at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Mulligan at 3527 and F J Topping at 3543. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a barrister, a comptroller operator, an employee, an on active service, a packer and a telephone operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), West End (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset. 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 F Odell, rooms to let, at 1901 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John F O'Dell there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists E Constance K O'Dell at 1146 Broughton Street, a telephone operator at the CN Telegraphs.

Mrs C M Odell is listed at 5226 Bursill 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 Mrs Carment M O'Dell there as the householder, with Mavis L O'Dell, who worked for BC Distil. Mrs E O'Dell is listed at 3177 East 22nd Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists A O'Dell at 103 East 42nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred O'Dell there as the householder, a packer at Cassidy's, with Vera O'Dell. In 1940 the directory lists E N O'Dell at 4838 Elgin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Eric N O'Dell there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists M B O'Dell, a barrister, at 475 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists Maunsell B O'Dell there, a barrister. The 1940 name section lists Hazel M O'Dell at 3535 West 19th Avenue, a comptroller operator at Union Oil.

Today

3177 East 22nd, 4838 Elgin, 475 Howe and 3535 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1901 Barclay (1954), 5226 Bursill (2004) and 103 East 42nd (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1146 Broughton, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.