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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Crawfords

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Crawford at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2266 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H H Crawford 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Paget at 2256 and G Hatchwell at 2276. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3880 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs J Crawford, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Warwick at 3874 and K M Archibald at 3884. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4297 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Crawford, a salesman at Coast Products 1940
    • Alex Crawford 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Gargett at 4293. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 H H Crawford at 2266 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry H Crawford there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Crawford at 3880 West 12th 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 Jeanie Crawford there as the householder, widow of S.

In 1940 the directory lists J Crawford at 4297 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jamieson Crawford there as the householder, a salesman at Coast Products, with Alex Crawford.

Today

4297 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 3880 West 12th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2266 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.