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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Craigens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Craigen at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Craigens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    951 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Craigen, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Bradley at 941 and F W Astel at 961. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2545 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Craigen, a baker 1940
    • Winnifred R Craigen, a saleswoman for J Craigen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Curran at 2535 and H G McIntyre at 2555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2506 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G C Craigen, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company 1940
  4. 4

    2885 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Craigen, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Hillrup at 2883 and Produce Modern at 2887. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a baker, a chief engineer, a laborer and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Sunset. 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 Craigen at 951 East 50th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James Craigen there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J Craigen at 2545 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Craigen there as the householder, a baker, with Winnifred R Craigen, a saleswoman for J Craigen.

In 1940 the directory lists G C Craigen at 2506 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George C Craigen there as the householder, a chief engineer at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists J Craigen, a baker, at 2885 West Broadway.

Today

2545 West 10th and 2506 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 951 East 50th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2885 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Craigens

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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.