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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sentells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Sentell 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 Sentells 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

    2709 East 48th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • W Sentell 1940

    Next door in 1940: F V Craiggs at 2797. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2026 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss F A Sentell 1940
    • Florence A Sentell, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Kaltenbach at 2010 and S Geary at 2042. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1758 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Ephraim B Sentell, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McKinnon at 1744. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1908 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F W Sentell, retired 1940
    • William A Sentell, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Mason at 1922. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3233 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Sentell, an operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McCue at 3229 and E W Norton at 3263. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a carpenter (2), a helper and an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Killarney and Kitsilano. 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 W Sentell at 2709 East 48th 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 Walter Sentell there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Miss F A Sentell at 2026 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Florence A Sentell there as the householder, a helper for Kelly Douglas.

The 1940 name section lists Ephraim B Sentell at 1758 Venables Street, a carpenter. F W Sentell is listed at 1908 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W Sentell there as the householder, retired, with William A Sentell, a carpenter.

W Sentell is listed at 3233 William Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Sentell there as the householder, an operator.

Today

2026 Franklin, 1758 Venables and 3233 William still have their buildings from before 1946, 1758 Venables on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2709 East 48th (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1908 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Sentells

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.