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A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

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 33rd 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

    2732 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G E Crawford, a president at Producers Salt Fish Sales 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H F Nanson at 2708 and H A MacLeod at 2762. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2845 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • O Crawford, a traffic manager at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Millard at 2839 and L R O'Connor at 2853. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3260 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Crawford, a salesman at E C & E 1940
    • Helen C Crawford, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Watson at 3250 and J MacInnes at 3272. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a president, a salesman, a school teacher and a traffic manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 G E Crawford at 2732 West 33rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George E Crawford there as the householder, a president at Producers Salt Fish Sales. In 1940 the directory lists O Crawford at 2845 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Oswald Crawford there as the householder, a traffic manager at Johnston National Storage.

In 1940 the directory lists J Crawford at 3260 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Crawford there as the householder, a salesman at E C & E, with Helen C Crawford, a school teacher.

Today

2732 West 33rd and 2845 West 33rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3260 West 33rd, 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.