A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Yewdalls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Yewdall at three addresses in 1940 in West End. 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 Yewdalls lived
- 1
1818 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- J E T Yewdall, rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: H R Bennett at 1832. The block, door by door
- 2
1287 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs D M Yewdall, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: A Berquist at 1263 and A Bullock at 1291. The block, door by door
- 3
960 Jervis Street
West End, 1940
- H B Yewdall, a hand clerk at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Annex Rosemont at 948. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a hand clerk and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 J E T Yewdall, rooms to let, at 1818 Barclay 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 John E T Yewdall there. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs D M Yewdall, rooms to let, at 1287 Davie Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Daisie M Yewdall there, a school teacher.
In 1940 the directory lists H B Yewdall at 960 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section lists Herbert B Yewdall there as the householder, a hand clerk at the CPR.
Today
The City no longer lists 1818 Barclay, 1287 Davie and 960 Jervis, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Yewdall J E T rooms1818 Barclay, p. 9
- Yewdall John E T1818 Barclay, p. 679
- *Yewdall Mrs D M rooms1287 Davie, p. 41
- Yewdall Mrs Daisie M sch tchr Van City1287 Davie, p. 679
- Yewdall H B960 Jervis, p. 91
- Yewdall Herbt B hd clk CPR960 Jervis, p. 679
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Yewdalls
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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.