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A family name on Denman Street, West End

The Craigs

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Craig at two addresses in 1940, all on Denman 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

    846 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • J S Craig, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shell Serv Sta at 828. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1020 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gordon Craig, an organizer 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Fergusson at 1012 and S Webber at 1034. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an organizer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 J S Craig, rooms to let, at 846 Denman Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon Craig at 1020 Denman Street, an organizer.

Today

The City no longer lists 846 Denman and 1020 Denman, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre
1950 Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre. Not at the house at 846 Denman: no archive photo of the 800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-1788. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 2 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.