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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Southwells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Southwell at five 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.

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Where the Southwells lived

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

    916 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • George Southwell 1940
    • Ray Southwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B V McCullough at 906 and W W Johnston at 936. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3412 East 54th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • G G Southwell, a salesman for A W Carter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Gray at 3436. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1246 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • G L Southwell, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Weeks at 1240 and A S Granger at 1266. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2691 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H A Southwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Myers at 2687 and C R Caraven at 2693. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2961 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Harry A Southwell, a manager at Triumph Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Thorpe at 2941. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a manager and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), West End (2) and Killarney. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Southwell at 916 Cardero Street, with Ray Southwell. G G Southwell is listed at 3412 East 54th Avenue in 1940; 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 Gilbert G Southwell there, a salesman for A W Carter.

G L Southwell, rooms to let, is listed at 1246 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George L Southwell there, who kept rooms to let. H A Southwell is listed at 2691 Trinity Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry A Southwell at 2961 Trinity Street as the householder, a manager at Triumph Products.

Today

1246 Haro (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 916 Cardero, 3412 East 54th, 2691 Trinity and 2961 Trinity, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Southwells

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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.