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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Crawfords

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Crawford at five addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. 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

    440 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William B Crawford, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: Paris Cafe at 438 and Sandwich Shoppe Sunbeam at 442. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    914 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Crawford, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1006 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C R Crawford, a caretaker at the Wainwright Apartments 1940
    • Maurice J Crawford 1940

    Next door in 1940: Odlum Printing Co at 1004 and W J Hepplewhite at 1008. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1035 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Daniel Crawford, who worked for Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1121 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Crawford, a meter repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Trestain at 1119 and Lil-Li-Bet at 1123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a caretaker, a compositor, an employee and a meter repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William B Crawford at 440 West Pender Street, a compositor at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Crawford at 914 West Pender Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists C R Crawford at 1006 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Crawford there as the householder, a caretaker at the Wainwright Apartments, with Maurice J Crawford.

The 1940 name section lists Daniel Crawford at 1035 West Pender Street, who worked for Boeing's. The 1940 name section lists Robert Crawford at 1121 West Pender Street, a meter repairer.

Today

The City no longer lists 440 West Pender, 914 West Pender, 1006 West Pender, 1035 West Pender and 1121 West Pender, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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.