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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The O'Donnells

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named O'Donnell at ten addresses in 1940 in six 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 O'Donnells 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

    853 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Daniel O'Donnell 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8608 French Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs A O'Donnell, widow of D J 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Cleland at 8620. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    937 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James O'Donnell, a deckhand at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F O'Brien at 925. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Charles O'Donnell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1516 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J E O'Donnell 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1901 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • James O'Donnell, a winchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Ito at 1911. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    915 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss B K O'Donnell 1940
    • Bretta K O'Donnell, a saleswoman for Anne Maloney 1940

    Next door in 1940: Morgan & Paris at 911 and Arts Richmond at 919. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1134 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John B O'Donnell, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Inkster at 1126 and Mrs L E Ballentine at 1146. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1446 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Cath O'Donnell, widow of N 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Newman at 1432 and R Fraser at 1454. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    179 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John O'Donnel 1940

    Next door in 1940: K H Smith at 175 and E Gee at 181. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eleven: a deckhand, a salesman, a saleswoman and a winchman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Strathcona (2), Marpole and Mount Pleasant. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Daniel O'Donnell at 853 East Pender Street. Mrs A O'Donnell is listed at 8608 French 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 Agnes O'Donnell there as the householder, widow of D J. The 1940 name section lists James O'Donnell at 937 Homer Street, a deckhand at the Union Steamship Company.

The 1940 name section lists Charles O'Donnell at 917 Main Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists J E O'Donnell at 1516 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists James O'Donnell at 1901 Powell Street, a winchman.

Miss B K O'Donnell is listed at 915 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bretta K O'Donnell there as the householder, a saleswoman for Anne Maloney. The 1940 name section lists John B O'Donnell at 1134 West 11th Avenue, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Cath O'Donnell at 1446 West 5th Avenue, widow of N.

The 1940 name section lists John O'Donnel at 179 West 7th Avenue.

Today

917 Main, 1516 Powell and 1901 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946, 1516 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 853 East Pender (1981), 937 Homer (1998) and 1134 West 11th (1956) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8608 French, 915 Robson, 1446 West 5th and 179 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the O'Donnells

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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.