A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
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 Georgia Street. 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
1315 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mitchell J Powell, a salesman at McDermott Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: F Denson at 1301 and Miss M A Williams at 1329. The block, door by door
- 2
1964 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- W T Powell, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: H Fox at 1954 and J McLachlan at 1966. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a mechanic and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Mitchell J Powell at 1315 West Georgia Street, a salesman at McDermott Motors. W T Powell is listed at 1964 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William T Powell there as the householder, a mechanic.
Today
The City no longer lists 1315 West Georgia and 1964 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Powell Mitchell J slsmn McDermott Motors1315 West Georgia, p. 501
- Powell W T1964 West Georgia, p. 59
- Powell Wm T mech1964 West Georgia, p. 501
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.