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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stonnells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stonnell at four 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 Stonnells 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

    1250 Connaught Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Betty Stonell, a maid for B S Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr W A Wilson at 1238 and W T Kinley at 1260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    273 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F H Stonnell, a baker at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gallagher at 269. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1178 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D Stonnell, a driver at Central Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Barringer at 1172 and A E Foster at 1184. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3016 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Stonnell, a driver at Central Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Angus at 3002 and J Williams at 3022. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver (2), a baker and a maid. Two of them worked for Central Transfer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Hastings-Sunrise and Shaughnessy. 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 Betty Stonell at 1250 Connaught Drive, a maid for B S Brown. F H Stonnell is listed at 273 East 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Stonnell there as the householder, a baker at Canadian Bakeries.

D Stonnell is listed at 1178 East 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Stonnell there as the householder, a driver at Central Transfer. E Stonnell is listed at 3016 Grant Street 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 Edward Stonnell there as the householder, a driver at Central Transfer.

Today

1178 East 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1250 Connaught Drive (2011) and 3016 Grant (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 273 East 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Stonnells

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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.