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The Rempels

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Rempel at ten addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Rempels lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1629 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Susie W Rempel, widow of A J 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Phillips at 1627 and E W Woodley at 1637. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    462 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G J Rempel, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: L D Maddex at 460 and J F Lee at 470. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    542 East 47th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H G Rempel, a lathe crane operator at BC Plywoods 1940
    • D Rempel, a sawyer for B C Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Miller at 536. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2020 East 48th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G Rempel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Swinbank at 2050. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    479 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Helen J Rempel 1940
    • John J Rempel, a clerk at Canadian Westinghouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J G Thiessen at 475 and J Mailey at 483. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    545 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Margaret Rempel 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Schulz at 535 and Miss S Neufeld at 555. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1143 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anne Rempel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Horn at 1141 and J White at 1147. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    617 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G S Rempel, a helper for A O McColl 1940
    • Helen G Rempel, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Cook at 611 and T E Mutz at 625. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2399 West 35th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H W Rempel, a salesman for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Cline at 2375. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    2327 West 49th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mary J Rempel, a maid for M J Hodge 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Franklin at 2325 and G C Dixon at 2349. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 13: a clerk, a helper, a lathe crane operator, a maid, a millworker and an operator, among others. Two of them worked for BC Plywoods. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (4), Arbutus Ridge, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant, Victoria-Fraserview and West End. 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 Susie W Rempel at 1629 East 10th Avenue, widow of A J. G J Rempel is listed at 462 East 44th Avenue 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 George J Rempel there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods.

H G Rempel is listed at 542 East 47th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry G Rempel there as the householder, a lathe crane operator at BC Plywoods, with D Rempel, a sawyer for B C Plywoods. G Rempel is listed at 2020 East 48th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Rempel there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Helen J Rempel at 479 East 49th Avenue, with John J Rempel, a clerk at Canadian Westinghouse. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Rempel at 545 East 49th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Anne Rempel at 1143 Pacific Street.

In 1940 the directory lists G S Rempel at 617 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gerhard S Rempel there as the householder, with Gerald Rempel, a helper for A O McColl, and Helen G Rempel, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists H W Rempel at 2399 West 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert W Rempel there as the householder, a salesman for Kelly Douglas.

The 1940 name section lists Mary J Rempel at 2327 West 49th Avenue, a maid for M J Hodge.

Today

1629 East 10th, 542 East 47th, 479 East 49th and 545 East 49th still have their buildings from before 1946; 462 East 44th (1993), 2020 East 48th (1985) and 2399 West 35th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1143 Pacific, 617 West 11th and 2327 West 49th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.