A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Craigs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Craig at three addresses in 1940, all on East 6th Avenue. 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 83 other streets too, all listed on the Craig name's own page.
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Where the Craigs lived
- 1
448 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Craig, retired 1940
- Roy S Craig, of Movie Snaps 1940
Next door in 1940: J Zimmerman at 446 and A E Banham at 460. The block, door by door
- 2
1659 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W A Craig, retired 1940
- Dorothy A Craig, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: F Sangster at 1651 and D Macdonald at 1665. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 John Craig at 448 East 6th Avenue, retired, with Roy S Craig, of Movie Snaps. W A Craig is listed at 1659 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists W Arthur Craig there as the householder, retired, with Dorothy A Craig, a machinist operator at American Can.
W Craig is listed at 2442 East 6th 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 William Craig there as the householder, retired.
Today
2442 East 6th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 448 East 6th and 1659 East 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Craig John retired448 East 6th, p. 136
- Craig Roy S of Movie Snaps448 East 6th, p. 136
- Craig W A1659 East 6th, p. 186
- Craig Dorothy A mach opr Am Can1659 East 6th, p. 136
- Craig W Arth retired1659 East 6th, p. 136
- *Craig W2442 East 6th, p. 187
- Craig Wm retired2442 East 6th, p. 136
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.