A family name on Macdonald Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
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 Macdonald Street. 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
6120 Macdonald Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J Crawford, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: E B Clark at 6190. The block, door by door
- 2
6349 Macdonald Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A O G Crawford, a president at Crawford & Co and Guyet Placers 1940
- Phyllis M Crawford, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Bockley at 6329 and A T Dalton at 6369. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 J Crawford at 6120 Macdonald Street; 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 John Crawford there as the householder, a buyer at Safeway, with John A M Crawford, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists A O G Crawford at 6349 Macdonald Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex O G Crawford there as the householder, a president at Crawford & Co and Guyet Placers, with Phyllis M Crawford, a clerk at the Royal Bank.
Today
6120 Macdonald and 6349 Macdonald still have their buildings from before 1946, 6120 Macdonald on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Crawford J6120 Macdonald, p. 105
- Crawford John buyer Safeway6120 Macdonald, p. 137
- Crawford John A M studt UBC6120 Macdonald, p. 137
- *Crawford A O G6349 Macdonald, p. 105
- Crawford Alex O G pres Crawford & Co and Guyet Placers6349 Macdonald, p. 137
- Crawford Phyllis M clk Royal Bk6349 Macdonald, p. 137
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Crawfords
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.