A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Awrams
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Awram at two addresses in 1940 in Mount Pleasant. 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 Awrams lived
- 1
336 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G Awram, a watch repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Stride at 330 and W Eastwood at 342. The block, door by door
- 2
2400 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G Awram, a watch repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Armstrong at 2402. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a watch repairer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 G Awram at 336 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Awram there as the householder, a watch repairer. In 1940 the directory lists G Awram, a watch repairer, at 2400 Main Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 336 East 8th and 2400 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Awram G336 East 8th, p. 193
- Awram Geo wtch repr 2400 Main336 East 8th, p. 24
- Awram G wtch repr2400 Main, p. 108
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Awrams
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Awram 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.