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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Quayles

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Quayle at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Quayles 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

    781 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B Quayle, a carpenter at J L Northey & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Wards at 775 and J H Best at 787. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    796 East 56th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A B Quayle, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Paul at 792. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2529 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Thomas H Quayle, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Olsen at 2525 and P B Burnell at 2535. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a motorman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 B Quayle at 781 East 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin Quayle there as the householder, a carpenter at J L Northey & Co. In 1940 the directory lists A B Quayle at 796 East 56th 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 Albert B Quayle there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Quayle at 2529 Kingsway, retired.

Today

781 East 33rd (2003), 796 East 56th (2021) and 2529 Kingsway (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Q. Want a name removed? Tell us.