Vancouver / Names / O / Overill

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Overills

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Overill at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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: three Overills at 3674 Franklin in 1940.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Overills 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

    3674 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C N Overill, retired 1940
    • Christina M Overill, a boundary at Columbia Paper 1940
    • Elizabeth J Overill, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McDonald at 3650 and J H Braidwood at 3682. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1851 Triumph Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W C Overill, a longshoreman 1940
    • Lillian Overill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fuerst at 1847 and J E Davidson at 1853. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a boundary, a longshoreman and an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 N Overill at 3674 Franklin Street; 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 Charles N Overill there as the householder, retired, with Christina M Overill, a boundary at Columbia Paper, and Elizabeth J Overill, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists W C Overill at 1851 Triumph Street. The 1940 name section lists William C Overill there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Lillian Overill.

Today

3674 Franklin (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1851 Triumph, 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 Overills

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Overill name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.