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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shackletons

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at five addresses

The directories print twelve people named Shackleton at five addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Shackelton. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Shackletons at 784 Thurlow in 1940.

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Where the Shackletons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1601 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M Shackelton 1940
    • Mary Shackelton, a head usher at the Capitol Theatre 1940
    • Helen Shackelton, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Campbell at 1609. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1026 East 54th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Shackleton, a poultryman 1940
    • Clif S Shackleton, a benchman at Whitely Bros S&D 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Lyons at 1016 and J Netzlaw at 1046. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1060 East 55th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J W Shackleton, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Smith at 1066. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss H M Shackleton 1940
    • Helen M Shackleton, a telephone operator at Begg Motor 1940
    • Ethel L Shackelton, a widow 1940
    • Pauline Shackleton, a seamstress at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1040 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss K Shackleton 1940
    • Kathleen Shackleton 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the twelve: a benchman, a head usher, a laborer, a poultryman, a seamstress and a telephone operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3) and Sunset (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 Miss M Shackelton at 1601 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Shackelton there as the householder, a head usher at the Capitol Theatre, with Helen Shackelton, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J Shackleton at 1026 East 54th 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 Joseph Shackleton there as the householder, a poultryman, with Clif S Shackleton, a benchman at Whitely Bros S&D.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Shackleton at 1060 East 55th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Shackleton there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Miss H M Shackleton at 784 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Helen M Shackleton there as the householder, a telephone operator at Begg Motor, with Ethel L Shackelton, a widow, and Pauline Shackleton, a seamstress at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss K Shackleton at 1040 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Shackleton there as the householder.

Today

1601 Comox and 784 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1026 East 54th (1979), 1060 East 55th (1970) and 1040 West Georgia (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.