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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rendalls

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Rendall at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Rendalls 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

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Betty Rendall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2093 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Rendall, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Good at 2081. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2212 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J Rendall, a clerk for Gardiner Wardrop 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Nyfeldt at 2204 and W J Weston at 2222. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1743 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • William F Rendall, a pressman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Moore at 1735 and T A Dunning at 1755. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    8031 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • T Rendall, proprietor of Thrift Grocery 1940
    • Ruby Rendall, a stenographer at Wilson Insurance Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Moore at 8019. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a pressman, a proprietor and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Marpole. 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 Betty Rendall at 1086 Bute Street. W Rendall is listed at 2093 East 27th 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 William Rendall there as the householder, retired.

A J Rendall is listed at 2212 East 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Rendall there as the householder, a clerk for Gardiner Wardrop. The 1940 name section lists William F Rendall at 1743 Pendrell Street, a pressman.

In 1940 the directory lists T Rendall at 8031 Shaughnessy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Rendall there as the householder, proprietor of Thrift Grocery, with Ruby Rendall, a stenographer at Wilson Insurance Agencies.

Today

1086 Bute and 2212 East 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2093 East 27th (1962) and 1743 Pendrell (1955) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8031 Shaughnessy, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.