A family name on West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Powells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Powell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 1st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Powell name's own page.
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Where the Powells lived
- 1
2804 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J L Powell, a salesman at Douglass Paint 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss K D Stevens at 2830. The block, door by door
- 2
4524 West 1st Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Dr H C Powell, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: J Ridington at 4512 and H D Hume at 4534. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a physician and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 L Powell at 2804 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James L Powell there as the householder, a salesman at Douglass Paint. In 1940 the directory lists Dr H C Powell at 4524 West 1st Avenue; 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 Henry C Powell there as the householder, a physician.
Today
2804 West 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 4524 West 1st (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Powell J L2804 West 1st, p. 174
- Powell Jas L slsmn Douglass Paint2804 West 1st, p. 501
- *Powell Dr H C4524 West 1st, p. 174
- Powell Henry C phys 216, 510 W Hastings4524 West 1st, p. 501
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Powells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Powell 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.
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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.