A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Crawfords
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Crawford at two addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive. 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 70 other streets too, all listed on the Crawford name's own page.
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Where the Crawfords lived
- 1
1637 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- W M Crawford, a president at Empire Stevedoring and North Shore Navigation 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K A Dewar at 1675. The block, door by door
- 2
5076 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs E Crawford, widow of J 1940
- M Jean Crawford, a cashier at Gault Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: F A R James at 5058 and Mrs O M Sutherland at 5092. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cashier and a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (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 W M Crawford at 1637 Angus Drive; 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 William M Crawford there as the householder, a president at Empire Stevedoring and North Shore Navigation. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Crawford at 5076 Angus Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Eva Crawford there as the householder, widow of J, with M Jean Crawford, a cashier at Gault Bros.
Today
1637 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 5076 Angus Drive (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Crawford W M1637 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Crawford Wm M pres Empire Stevedoring and North Shore Navigation1637 Angus Drive, p. 137
- *Crawford Mrs E5076 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Crawford Eva wid J5076 Angus Drive, p. 137
- Crawford M Jean cash Gault Bros5076 Angus Drive, p. 137
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Crawfords
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Crawford 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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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.