A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 37th Avenue. 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
- 1
2500 West 37th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- Rev J H Craig, a rector at the St Mary's Anglican Church 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K F Frost at 2550. The block, door by door
- 2
2598 West 37th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- G Craig, a secretary at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Patricia Craig, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board 1940
Next door in 1940: L W M Wilson at 2574. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a rector, a secretary and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (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 Rev J H Craig at 2500 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rev James H Craig there as the householder, a rector at the St Mary's Anglican Church. In 1940 the directory lists G Craig at 2598 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Craig there as the householder, a secretary at the City of Vancouver, with Patricia Craig, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board.
Today
2500 West 37th and 2598 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Craig Rev J H2500 West 37th, p. 253
- Craig Rev Jas H rector St Mary's Anglican Ch2500 West 37th, p. 136
- Craig G2598 West 37th, p. 253
- Craig Gordon sec Van City2598 West 37th, p. 136
- Craig Patricia sten Van City Sch Bd2598 West 37th, p. 136
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Craigs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Craig 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.