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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cramptons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Crampton at three 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 Cramptons 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

    2547 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Crampton, a cleaner at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs P Eden at 2541 and Mrs M Halliday at 2555. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1691 East 34th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G W Crampton, a bricklayer 1940
    • Frank H Crampton 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ball at 1661. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4751 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs N Crampton 1940
    • Ernest A Crampton, an engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Trent at 4727 and A S Baird at 4761. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a bricklayer, a cleaner and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A Crampton at 2547 East 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Crampton there as the householder, a cleaner at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists G W Crampton at 1691 East 34th 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 George W Crampton there as the householder, a bricklayer, with Frank H Crampton.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N Crampton at 4751 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Nora Crampton there as the householder, with Ernest A Crampton, an engineer at Pacific Coyle Navigation.

Today

2547 East 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 4751 Joyce (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1691 East 34th, 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 Cramptons

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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.