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A family name on Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Craigs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Craig at two addresses in 1940, all on Charles Street. 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 83 other streets too, all listed on the Craig name's own page.

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Where the Craigs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1686 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • N Craig, a caretaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Skealing at 1676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2724 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R J Craig, a bridge builder 1940
    • Ray B Craig 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Wankling at 2718 and W N Tippett at 2736. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bridge builder and a caretaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 N Craig at 1686 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nelson Craig there as the householder, a caretaker. In 1940 the directory lists R J Craig at 2724 Charles Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Craig there as the householder, a bridge builder, with Ray B Craig.

Today

2724 Charles still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1686 Charles, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 2724 Charles: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Craigs

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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.