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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Royles

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Royle at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Royles 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

    2923 East 2nd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F J Royle, an engineer at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Gillis at 2935. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1462 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G F Royle 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Young at 1460 and E Baker at 1464. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5335 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J F Royle, a musician 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Hutchinson at 5319 and A J Bergnach at 5381. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    816 Nanaimo Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F W Royle, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bodner at 814 and Mrs E McLean at 878. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    924 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Doris Royle, widow of J S 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Finestone at 916 and shaftsbury apts at 934. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1147 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Albert Royle, an engineer 1940
    • Eileen A Royle, a waitress at Granville Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Dery at 1139 and J Mayne at 1157. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3461 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Royle, a shipper 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Pearce at 3451 and G F Noble at 3471. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an engineer (2), a machinist operator, a musician, a shipper and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 F J Royle at 2923 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis J Royle there as the householder, an engineer at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists G F Royle at 1462 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists G F Royle there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists J F Royle at 5335 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section lists J Farnworth Royle there as the householder, a musician. In 1940 the directory lists F W Royle at 816 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists Francis W Royle there as the householder, a machinist operator at American Can.

The 1940 name section lists Doris Royle at 924 Nicola Street, widow of J S. The 1940 name section lists Albert Royle at 1147 Pendrell Street, an engineer, with Eileen A Royle, a waitress at Granville Lunch. In 1940 the directory lists J W Royle at 3461 West 12th 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 John W Royle there as the householder, a shipper.

Today

1462 East Broadway, 1147 Pendrell and 3461 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1147 Pendrell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2923 East 2nd (1968), 5335 Joyce (1965) and 816 Nanaimo (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 924 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.