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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Towells

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Towell at four 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. The most under one roof: three Towells at 1033 East 33rd in 1940.

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Where the Towells 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

    1033 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs P Towell, widow of W H 1940
    • Agnes Towell, a bookkeeper at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940
    • Anna N Towell, a seamstress at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev G G Hacker at 1071. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    765 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J R Towell, a caretaker at the Westerdale Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Judd at 715. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3830 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K S Towell 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Venables at 3854. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1075 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • Helen Towell, a waitress at Net-teas Sandwich Shop 1940
    • Mary Towell, a waitress at Net-teas Sandwich Shop 1940
    • Mrs Nettie Towell, proprietor of Net-teas Sandwich Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E O Harling at 1071 and Butler at 1079. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a waitress (2), a bookkeeper, a caretaker, a proprietor and a seamstress. Three of them worked for Net-teas Sandwich Shop. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 Mrs P Towell at 1033 East 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Phoebe Towell there as the householder, widow of W H, with Agnes Towell, a bookkeeper at Singer Sewing Machinery, and Anna N Towell, a seamstress at Canadian Pacific Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists J R Towell at 765 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Joseph R Towell there as the householder, a caretaker at the Westerdale Apartments.

In 1940 the directory lists K S Towell at 3830 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Helen Towell at 1075 West Georgia Street, a waitress at Net-teas Sandwich Shop, with Mary Towell, a waitress at Net-teas Sandwich Shop, and Mrs Nettie Towell, proprietor of Net-teas Sandwich Shop.

Today

765 Victoria Drive and 3830 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1033 East 33rd (1978) and 1075 West Georgia (1968) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.