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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wonnacotts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Wonnacott at six 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.

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Where the Wonnacotts 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

    2020 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C P Wonnacott, an engineer at Timberland Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Adank at 2024. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    296 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Frederick T Wonnacott, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 290. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    827 Lillooet Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Wonnacott 1940
    • Frances Wonnacott, a waitress at Night Hawk Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: B S Wikene at 815 and J Edwards at 855. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    440 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Ann Wannacott, a cook at Zieglers Coffee Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Appleby at 438. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1033 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John C Wonnacott, a waiter at Piccadilly Coffee Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Anchor Fence Co at 1031 and Parkway Rooms at 1035. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1182 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • I Wonnacott, rooms to let 1940
    • Eri Wonnacott 1940

    Next door in 1940: M S Young at 1178 and W A Clearwater at 1190. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a cook, an engineer, a miner, a waiter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Strathcona. 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 C P Wonnacott at 2020 Arbutus Street, an engineer at Timberland Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Frederick T Wonnacott at 296 Keefer Street, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists R Wonnacott at 827 Lillooet Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Wonnacott there as the householder, with Frances Wonnacott, a waitress at Night Hawk Lunch.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ann Wannacott at 440 Richards Street, a cook, with Mrs Ann Wonnacott, a cook at Zieglers Coffee Shop. The 1940 name section lists John C Wonnacott at 1033 West Pender Street, a waiter at Piccadilly Coffee Shop. In 1940 the directory lists I Wonnacott, rooms to let, at 1182 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Eri Wonnacott there.

Today

827 Lillooet and 440 Richards still have their buildings from before 1946; 2020 Arbutus (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 296 Keefer, 1033 West Pender and 1182 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Wonnacotts

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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.