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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Craigheads

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Craighead at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Craigheads 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

    6363 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • F M Craighead, an engineer at Arbutus S & D 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Armstrong at 6351 and W B Barraclough at 6385. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2175 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A L Craighead, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Copeland at 2167 and F W Henry at 2177. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    395 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T C Craighead, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Pedlow at 365 and D T Ashley at 397. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3691 West 29th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • William A Craighead, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Durrant at 3675. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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 F M Craighead at 6363 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick M Craighead there as the householder, an engineer at Arbutus S & D. In 1940 the directory lists A L Craighead at 2175 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Craighead there as the householder, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists T C Craighead at 395 West 14th 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 lists Thomas C Craighead there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists William A Craighead at 3691 West 29th Avenue, a student.

Today

2175 West 13th, 395 West 14th and 3691 West 29th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6363 Chester (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.