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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ruffelles

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Ruffelle 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. The most under one roof: three Ruffelles at 127 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Ruffelles 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

    3147 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C F Ruffelle, a warehouseman at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Jones at 3155. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    127 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E Ruffelle 1940
    • Marjorie Ruffelle, a stenographer for Kelly Douglas 1940
    • Renaud K Ruffelle 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hanson at 129. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2169 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Hubert A Ruffell, a helper at Vancouver Shpyds 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Meagher at 2165 and Mrs A L Stewart at 2173. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a helper, a stenographer and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 C F Ruffelle at 3147 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil F Ruffelle there as the householder, a warehouseman at Terminal Cartage. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Ruffelle at 127 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Edith Ruffelle there as the householder, with Marjorie Ruffelle, a stenographer for Kelly Douglas, and Renaud K Ruffelle.

The 1940 name section lists Hubert A Ruffell at 2169 West 3rd Avenue, a helper at Vancouver Shpyds.

Today

127 West 12th (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3147 Charles and 2169 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.