A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown
The Crawfords
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Crawford at one address, 998 Thurlow Street in West End, in 1940. The directories print the name on 70 other streets too, all listed on the Crawford name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Crawfords at home
- 1
998 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs M Crawford, widow of G R 1940
- John A Crawford, a clerk at the Robin Hood Mills 1940
- P Jean Crawford, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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 at 998 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Crawford there as the householder, widow of G R, with John A Crawford, a clerk at the Robin Hood Mills, and P Jean Crawford, an operator at the BC Telephone.
Today
998 Thurlow still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Crawford Mrs M998 Thurlow, p. 156
- Crawford John A clk Robin Hood Mills998 Thurlow, p. 137
- Crawford Mary wid G R998 Thurlow, p. 137
- Crawford P Jean opr BC Tel998 Thurlow, 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.