A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Carrs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Carr at four addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, with the close spelling Car. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
425 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Clara B Carr, widow of M 1940
Next door in 1940: J Lucas at 405 and T J Fladung at 435. The block, door by door
- 2
836 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Stan S Carr, a clerk at the St Regis Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: J Nicol at 826 and Mrs M K Dougherty at 846. The block, door by door
- 3
1906 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- P J Carr, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: H M Donaldson at 1916. The block, door by door
- 4
4218 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- L S Carr, a purchasing agent at Buckerfields 1940
Next door in 1940: C F Chapman at 4208 and W T Reid at 4232. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a conductor and a purchasing agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Clara B Carr at 425 West 13th Avenue, widow of M. The 1940 name section lists Stan S Carr at 836 West 13th Avenue, a clerk at the St Regis Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists P J Carr at 1906 West 13th 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 lists Percy J Carr there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists L S Carr at 4218 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Laurence S Carr there as the householder, a purchasing agent at Buckerfields.
Today
425 West 13th, 1906 West 13th and 4218 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 836 West 13th, so that building is 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.
- Carr Clara B wid M425 West 13th, p. 98
- Carr Stan S clk St Regis Hotel836 West 13th, p. 99
- *Carr P J1906 West 13th, p. 212
- Carr Percy J cond BCER1906 West 13th, p. 98
- *Carr L S4218 West 13th, p. 213
- Carr Laurence S purch agt Buckerfields4218 West 13th, 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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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.