A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Yeandles
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Yeandle at two addresses in 1940 in Kitsilano. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Yeandles lived
- 1
2466 Cornwall Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W B Yeandle, a fitter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: H P Archibald at 2454 and A H Living at 2468. The block, door by door
- 2
2039 Creelman Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- F J Yeandle, a railway inspector at the BC Government 1940
- Ruth A Yeandle, a principal at Chinese Presby Church Kindergarten 1940
Next door in 1940: G G Maxwell at 2031 and J G Gemmell at 2047. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a fitter, a principal and a railway inspector.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 W B Yeandle at 2466 Cornwall Avenue; 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 William B Yeandle there as the householder, a fitter at the CPR.
In July 1925 F J Yeandl took out the permit to build a house at 2039 Creelman Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists F J Yeandle at 2039 Creelman Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Yeandle there as the householder, a railway inspector at the BC Government, with Ruth A Yeandle, a principal at Chinese Presby Church Kindergarten.
Today
2039 Creelman still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2466 Cornwall, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Yeandle W B2466 Cornwall, p. 38
- Yeandle Wm B ftr CPR2466 Cornwall, p. 678
- *Yeandle F J2039 Creelman, p. 38
- Yeandle Fredk J ry inspr BC Govt2039 Creelman, p. 678
- Yeandle Ruth A prin Chinese Presby Ch Kindergarten2039 Creelman, p. 678
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Yeandles
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Yeandle name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.