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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Venelles

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Venelle 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 Venelles 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

    751 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs M Venelle, widow of T 1940
    • James Venelle, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Janush at 747 and Mrs R Bazzani at 757. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1119 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Venell, a mechanic at H Disston & Sons 1940

    Next door in 1940: Murray Gro & Conf at 1117 and Mrs M Hurliman at 1127. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4253 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Venelle, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G McKenney at 4247 and E T Hall at 4257. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mechanic (2) and a logger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 M Venelle at 751 East Pender 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 Maria Venelle there as the householder, widow of T, with James Venelle, a logger. The 1940 name section lists William Venell at 1119 Hornby Street, a mechanic at H Disston & Sons.

T Venelle is listed at 4253 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Venelle there as the householder, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1119 Hornby still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 751 East Pender (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4253 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 751 East Pender: no archive photo of the 700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Venelles

Every directory, as one book

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.