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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Swindellses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Swindells at three 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 Swindellses 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

    4306 Atlin Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F J Swindells, a compositor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Bryan at 4312. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2202 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Swindells, a watchman at Spencer's 1940
    • H Norman Swindells, a wrapper at McGavins 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Fredrickson at 2212. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    218 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E J Swindells, a night manager at White Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: S A Rashbrook at 208 and P Moody at 228. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a compositor, a night manager, a watchman and a wrapper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 F J Swindells at 4306 Atlin Street; 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 Frederick J Swindells there as the householder, a compositor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists W Swindells at 2202 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Swindells there as the householder, a watchman at Spencer's, with H Norman Swindells, a wrapper at McGavins.

In 1940 the directory lists E J Swindells at 218 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Swindells there as the householder, a night manager at White Lunch.

Today

4306 Atlin still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 2202 East 45th (1976) and 218 West 17th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, 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.