A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Craigs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Craig at four addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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
156 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs Janet Craig 1940
Next door in 1940: R Heywood at 148 and H Northcott at 178. The block, door by door
- 2
1315 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- R Craig 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F M McCullough at 1301 and F S Broad at 1317. The block, door by door
- 3
1806 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Gordon M Craig, a circulation at the Sun 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R Mitchaell at 1804 and J A Kronquist at 1812. The block, door by door
- 4
4544 West 7th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Elizabeth Craig, a maid for W T Money 1940
Next door in 1940: F L Crossley at 4534 and B T McDonough at 4550. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a circulation and a maid.
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 Mrs Janet Craig at 156 West 7th Avenue. R Craig is listed at 1315 West 7th 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 Robert Craig there. The 1940 name section lists Gordon M Craig at 1806 West 7th Avenue, a circulation at the Sun.
The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Craig at 4544 West 7th Avenue, a maid for W T Money.
Today
1315 West 7th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 156 West 7th, 1806 West 7th and 4544 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Craig Mrs Janet156 West 7th, p. 136
- *Craig R1315 West 7th, p. 191
- Craig Robt h rr1315 West 7th, p. 136
- Craig Gordon M circ Sun1806 West 7th, p. 136
- Craig Eliz maid W T Money4544 West 7th, 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.