A family name on East King Edward Avenue, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Carrs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Carr at two addresses in 1940, all on East King Edward Avenue, with the close spelling Car. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Carr name's own page.
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Where the Carrs lived
- 1
36 East King Edward Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Rachel Carr, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: R Baxendale at 28 and D Withers at 50. The block, door by door
- 2
74 East King Edward Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- M Carr, proprietor of BC Electrical Repair 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Lang at 66 and T G Mercer at 82. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rachel Carr at 36 East King Edward Avenue, a widow. M Carr is listed at 74 East King Edward Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Mickey Carr there as the householder, proprietor of BC Electrical Repair.
Today
36 East King Edward still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 74 East King Edward (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Carr Rachel wid W, hsekpr G T Collin36 East King Edward, p. 98
- *Carr M74 East King Edward, p. 95
- Carr Mickey prop BC Electrical Repr74 East King Edward, p. 98
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Carrs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Carr 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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Another name, or a house
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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.