A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Russells
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Russell at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 103 other streets too, all listed on the Russell name's own page.
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Where the Russells lived
- 1
445 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- B P Russell, a photographer 1940
Next door in 1940: White Lunch Ltd at 439 and Owl Drug Co Ltd at 449. The block, door by door
- 2
1036 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Russell (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Love & Co at 1034 and Piano House Lewis at 1044. The block, door by door
- 3
1060 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- William M Russell, proprietor of Russell & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door
- 4
1261 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- James Russell, a plant foreman for Coca Cola 1940
- Robert Russell 1940
Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a plant foreman and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 P Russell, a photographer, at 445 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Russell (no first name printed) at 1036 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists William M Russell at 1060 Granville Street, proprietor of Russell & Co. The 1940 name section lists James Russell at 1261 Granville Street, a plant foreman for Coca Cola, with Robert Russell.
Today
1060 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 445 Granville and 1036 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Russell B P photog445 Granville, p. 62
- Russell —1036 Granville, p. 537
- Russell Wm M prop Russell & Co1060 Granville, p. 538
- Russell Jas plant formn Coca Cola1261 Granville, p. 538
- Russell Robt1261 Granville, p. 538
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Russells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Russell name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.