A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
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 Robson 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
1402 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M Crawford, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: H Monkhouse at 1400 and W Simpson at 1420. The block, door by door
- 2
1615 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- R W Crawford, a salesman at Safeway 1940
- Isabella M Crawford 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Burr at 1601 and C S Barker at 1623. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Mrs M Crawford, rooms to let, at 1402 Robson 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 Minnie Crawford there, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists R W Crawford, rooms to let, at 1615 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Crawford there, a salesman at Safeway, with Robert W Crawford and Isabella M Crawford.
Today
1615 Robson (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1402 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Crawford Mrs M rooms1402 Robson, p. 144
- Crawford Minnie wid J1402 Robson, p. 137
- Crawford R W rooms1615 Robson, p. 144
- Crawford Isabella M1615 Robson, p. 137
- Crawford Robt slsmn Safeway1615 Robson, p. 137
- Crawford Robt W1615 Robson, 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.