A family name on West 64th Avenue, Marpole and Kerrisdale
The Russells
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Russell at two addresses in 1940, all on West 64th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
542 West 64th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- H W Russell, an engineer for W Robinson 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Frost at 532 and L Macham at 550. The block, door by door
- 2
549 West 64th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- W Russell, a groundsman at Langara Golf Links 1940
Next door in 1940: D G Garden at 541 and W J Frost at 557. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a groundsman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (2). 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 H W Russell at 542 West 64th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry W Russell there as the householder, an engineer for W Robinson. In 1940 the directory lists W Russell at 549 West 64th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Russell there as the householder, a groundsman at Langara Golf Links.
Today
542 West 64th (1971) and 549 West 64th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Russell H W542 West 64th, p. 271
- Russell Harry W eng W Robinson542 West 64th, p. 538
- *Russell W549 West 64th, p. 271
- Russell Wilfd groundsmn Langara Golf Links549 West 64th, 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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Another name, or a house
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.